Completely. There are no profiles, no names, and no way to trace an En back to the person who wrote it. Your identity in the circle is a simple code stored in your browser; nothing more. The anonymity isn't incidental. It's the design. The gift only works because neither person knows the other.
Each En is matched to a moment, not a person. You describe where you are; the circle looks for something left by someone who has already lived through it. Technology serves the connection. The warmth comes entirely from the human who wrote it.
Because the circle only moves when people give as well as receive. But more than mechanics; the act of writing for someone else before you receive anything yourself changes what you eventually receive. You arrive already having offered something. That matters.
Because an En is not content to consume. There is a daily limit on receiving, not to restrict access, but to protect the meaning of what arrives. Let this one settle. Come back tomorrow.
No. There are no replies, no reactions, no way to reach the person who left you an En. This is not an oversight; it is the design. The distance between giver and receiver is what makes the offering possible. A message from a stranger, left with no expectation of acknowledgment, lands differently than anything connected to a thread.
Every En passes through a moderation layer before it enters the circle. Messages that contain harm or cruelty are removed before they reach anyone. If something arrives that doesn't belong, you can flag it. The circle is a small, protected space; keeping it that way is everyone's responsibility.
Anyone who has been through something and come out the other side with something to offer. And anyone who is in the middle of something right now. Which, at different moments, is most of us.