Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites

32 pointsposted 13 hours ago
by cauenapier

15 Comments

oraziorillo

4 minutes ago

I love the idea! The next step is to add role play games in town squares.

lambdaone

9 minutes ago

I just took a look at the page's own 'town square'. At the moment, it's largely full of people saying offensive things for the sake of it.

loloquwowndueo

an hour ago

> NOTE: This project has been mostly vibe-coded

I deeply appreciate the honesty here. I’ll pass based on the vibecodedness of it but perhaps it won’t be a dealbreaker for others.

lolptdr

12 minutes ago

Is it the philosophical reason you refuse to engage or is it because you don’t trust the security of this project?

brody_hamer

3 minutes ago

Easy come, easy go. I find most vibe coded projects are abandonware.

Also, in this context, security.

monkeymeister

an hour ago

Neat idea! It's simple but very effective - and I really enjoy the detail of the benches and the tree. Very nice.

I wouldn't add it to any of my sites due to the unmoderated nature of it - seeing some fairly unsavory things in your demo - but that's just a little tweak, I'm sure!

wahnfrieden

8 minutes ago

openai has a free moderation endpoint. no reason to not use it.

sourcegrift

37 minutes ago

If your website attracts such elements perhaps there's a reason?

lellow

24 minutes ago

haha nice project! I stayed there for a couple of minutes and had such a good time!

melvinczyk

an hour ago

I like the idea of this like a town square for websites. Nice job

mkl

12 minutes ago

Not really a square if it's 1D - everyone ends up on top of each other.

cyanydeez

an hour ago

would make more sense with webrtc.

sourcegrift

an hour ago

First saw this on lobste.rs . Great idea, perhaps allow for a little customisation? I'd like minimal animation, just a counter of present people and a green dot that vibrates when someone is typing. Clicking either opens a chat box with last 20 minutes.