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Turn your site into a place people can bump into each other
Key takeaways
- A few weeks ago, I added a silly, funny experiment on this website.
- When you visit the site, you'll see a small strip populated by stick figures.
- The goal wasn't to build another social network.
A few weeks ago, I added a silly, funny experiment on this website. I talked about it on this blog post. It was a tiny Town Square at the bottom of every page 2.
When you visit the site, you'll see a small strip populated by stick figures. Each figure represents another visitor currently browsing the website. You can see what page people are reading, walk around and send messages. For example, you could see someone reading the same article as you and start a discussion about it.
The goal wasn't to build another social network.
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