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26points
11comments
#1,490of 3,109 in 2023
Top 48%of 2023 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.

Idea: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Interesting concept of social browsing

    From 1 comment

Objections

  • Screen sharing on Discord already does this

    From 2 comments
    • Why not just share a screen on discord etc? I feel this would just be toe stepping
      pipeline_peak on HN
    • I mean with screen sharing, I’d still retain control. I never saw YouTube quality as an issue, but there are watch together extensions for discord. I think your better off just…
      pipeline_peak on HN
  • Better as a browser extension

    From 2 comments
    • Are there technical reason this couldn't be achieve as a browser extension? Or is more for just the learning experience.
      tommoor on HN
    • I mean with screen sharing, I’d still retain control. I never saw YouTube quality as an issue, but there are watch together extensions for discord. I think your better off just…
      pipeline_peak on HN
  • Website disclaimer looks like boilerplate; distrust of downloading a ZIP

    From 1 comment
    • Yeah I'm not downloading a random ZIP from some website that is just a Notion document And when the "Disclaimer" is copy-paste with "[business name]" in it "The information…
      KomoD on HN

Requests

  • Build as a browser extension instead

    From 2 comments
    • Are there technical reason this couldn't be achieve as a browser extension? Or is more for just the learning experience.
      tommoor on HN
    • I mean with screen sharing, I’d still retain control. I never saw YouTube quality as an issue, but there are watch together extensions for discord. I think your better off just…
      pipeline_peak on HN

Questions

  • Could this be a browser extension rather than a standalone browser?

    From 1 comment
    • Are there technical reason this couldn't be achieve as a browser extension? Or is more for just the learning experience.
      tommoor on HN

Alternatives named

  • Discord screen share and watch-together extensions

    From 2 comments
    • Why not just share a screen on discord etc? I feel this would just be toe stepping
      pipeline_peak on HN
    • I mean with screen sharing, I’d still retain control. I never saw YouTube quality as an issue, but there are watch together extensions for discord. I think your better off just…
      pipeline_peak on HN
  • neko project

    From 1 comment
    • Agree. There's things you can do by virtualizing or instrumenting the browser that you can't with just screen sharing. It's a more specialized technology that powers more…
      graderjs on HN
  • BrowserBox Pro

    From 1 comment
    • Agree. There's things you can do by virtualizing or instrumenting the browser that you can't with just screen sharing. It's a more specialized technology that powers more…
      graderjs on HN

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