What's with the very distracting cursors of others?

RonanSoleste 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't understand why this is a feature and what it brings other than shout "you are being watched by random others". Exited the site before ending the first block.

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erikkannike 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sorry - I've been playing with WebRTC and Trystero (https://trystero.dev/) and added it to my blog as an experiment. Of course didn't expect my blog to become a bit popular on HN and for the cursors to be super annoying. Turned them off by default!

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maven29 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The ancients brought us "reading mode" in browsers as an escape hatch for exactly this kind of cruelty

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mullenba 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Exactly. I was interested in the article but I don't have time for that nonsense.

	▲	markgavalda 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Agreed. In the upper right corner there's a "hide" button that I immediately clicked. Then read (ok, skim read) the article.
	▲	HumblyTossed 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Agreed. Just because you _can_ do a thing, doesn't mean you should.

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2bird3 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

All it is missing now is a chat and a friend/follow feature.....

	▲	GalaxyNova 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It does have a chat in the bottom right lmao

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awestroke 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Nobody knows what it means, but it's provocative. It gets the people going

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Almondsetat 8 hours ago | parent [-]

going... away?

	▲	Rychard 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's a quote from the comedy movie "Blades of Glory"

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jmusall 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There's a "hide" button in the top right corner