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p/introduce-yourself
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Vova Lavrik
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4mo ago
Why I built Cursor Critter turning your cursor into a fun companion
... little too static. The cursor is functional, but also kind of lonely. One day, I caught myself moving the mouse aimlessly, thinking what if my cursor had a little personality? That spark became the idea: what if your mouse
pointer
had a buddy, an animated creature that followed it, waved, hopped around, making browsing just a tiny bit more fun? The build I kicked things off by prototyping animated companions (a koala, a phantom, a buddy) and hooking them ... ... mouse events so they d follow the
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p/general
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Roy Shen
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7mo ago
First-time maker: 3 questions before our launch (expectations, anti-spam, audiences)
... flagged? (We re telling folks to set up PH accounts first and leave thoughtful comments on launch day no vote-asking. Anything else to avoid, like VPNs, account history, or sudden single-burst traffic?) 3. Balancing PH-native reach
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. our own community How do you split energy between introducing your product to the PH community and activating your existing users? What tactics actually moved the needle for PH-native discovery (e.g., forum discussions/AMAs)
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