Every webpage deserves to be a place. Matt Webb’s cursor party feature lets web visitors see other people’s cursors on his site. And they can chat with each other and share text highlights. “It should be everywhere. It’s how the web should be.”
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This is fantastic! Though unless I’m missing something, it feels like it needs a way for touch devices to participate. I feel like a creepy voyeur on my iPhone.
So when are we getting a Kottke cusor party?
(This feels like one of those things that could be simultaneously great and terrible)
Right!
I do feel like there might be a third path that is neither a swarm of cursors nor a dead page.
Oh no.
I get that this seems like a friendly thing, but as someone involved with IT in a school district I see red flags everywhere. I think we will surely block any site that has "cursor party" installed (for lots of student safety and classroom management reasons I don't care to get into.) I'd hate to see a bunch of otherwise great sites get blocked. I love assuming that people are good, but when there are minors on our watch we err on the side of caution.
If there is a website that could make this great, it’s def Kottke. ILYSM!!
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