Turn your site into a place people can bump into each other
A developer has created an open-source tool called Town Square that allows website owners to add a virtual space where visitors can interact via avatars. The project aims to bring a sense of community and human presence back to the web.
Why it matters
It represents a grassroots effort to humanize digital spaces and move away from traditional, data-heavy social media models.
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 .
The content is a personal project announcement focused on technical implementation and community building.
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