<s>
Randonautica	B-Application
(	O
a	O
portmanteau	O
of	O
"	O
random	O
"	O
+	O
"	O
nautica	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
app	O
launched	O
on	O
February	O
22	O
,	O
2020	O
founded	O
by	O
Auburn	O
Salcedo	O
and	O
Joshua	O
Lengfelder	O
(	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
has	O
a	O
cult	O
following	O
on	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
and	O
TikTok	B-Application
and	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
subreddit	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
creators	O
for	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
29-year-old	O
circus	O
performer	O
Joshua	O
Lengfelder	O
discovered	O
a	O
bot	O
called	O
Fatum	O
Project	O
in	O
a	O
fringe	O
science	O
chat	O
group	O
on	O
Telegram	B-Application
in	O
January	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lengfelder	O
then	O
created	O
a	O
Telegram	B-Application
bot	O
using	O
Fatum	O
Project	O
's	O
code	O
,	O
generating	O
coordinates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salcedo	O
became	O
the	O
chief	O
operating	O
officer	O
while	O
Lengfelder	O
is	O
the	O
CEO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
,	O
called	O
Randonautica	B-Application
,	O
was	O
launched	O
on	O
February	O
22	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emma	O
Chamberlain	O
made	O
a	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
video	I-General_Concept
about	O
the	O
app	O
that	O
helped	O
increase	O
its	O
following	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
i-D	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
hashtag	O
#randonautica	O
has	O
gained	O
176.5	O
million	O
views	O
on	O
TikTok	B-Application
,	O
although	O
it	O
has	O
not	O
marketed	O
itself	O
yet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
reports	O
were	O
from	O
TikTok	B-Application
and	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Telegram	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
their	O
questions	O
page	O
,	O
Randonautica	B-Application
's	O
creators	O
have	O
said	O
that	O
if	O
the	O
app	O
generates	O
coordinates	O
inside	O
a	O
private	O
property	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
violation	O
of	O
their	O
terms	O
and	O
conditions	O
to	O
trespass	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Randonautica	B-Application
has	O
also	O
received	O
allegations	O
that	O
the	O
app	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
human	O
trafficking	O
,	O
which	O
its	O
creators	O
have	O
denied	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
data	O
collected	O
by	O
the	O
app	O
are	O
anonymous	O
.	O
</s>
