CursorParty is a Chrome extension that reveals the invisible: everyone else reading the same Wikipedia article, documentation page, or blog post as you right now. Unlike Slack/Discord (heavy, invite-only) or Twitter/X (async, performative), CursorParty is ambient and lightweight — the internet as a shared space rather than a broadcast platform.
I kept having the same weird experience: landing on a niche Wikipedia page or HN thread and wondering "who else is here right now?" Millions of people share the same URLs daily, but the web is architecturally lonely — everyone sits in parallel isolation.
CursorParty started as an experiment: what if we made the "others" visible without making it social media? No profiles, no followers, no persistence. Just presence, a quick "yeah this part is wild," and then you both move on.
Given the product is anonymous and lightweight by design, what’s your plan for keeping the experience high-signal (spam/harassment, trolls, raids) without reintroducing heavy identity, accounts, or persistent moderation overhead?
@curiouskitty great question! it's too early to worry about this, it's a different kind of interaction, and it's more of a challenge to get people play with it in the first place - once people get hooked on how cool it is, then challenge of keeping it high-signal will become a priority
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This is neat! but I guess the idea only works if there’s high adoption, right? I can imagine a scenario where someone sees it on PH or HN and thinks, “oh, rad! let me try it out.” and then after a couple of days, they don’t see many cursors so they remove it. how are you thinking about this?
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@curiouskitty great question! it's too early to worry about this, it's a different kind of interaction, and it's more of a challenge to get people play with it in the first place - once people get hooked on how cool it is, then challenge of keeping it high-signal will become a priority
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Funny idea, but which people's cursors are showing there, those you've installed the plugin only I suppose?
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