Exactly. I was too afraid to ask actually and be downvoted and labeled totally uncool. So what is it? I'm still not smarter after reading the FAQ. A "Javascript Platform". Aha. What do I use it for and what problem does it solve for me?

I see it's a fork of Node.js. So people use Node.js to write server programs in Javascript, I heard. So is io.js then "competing" with Node.js then?

Not going to ask what npm is now...