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collaborative social web experiments

Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.

horizontal · 49 members · Data as of 2026-10-14

Products in this niche encompass playful multiplayer tools, presence layers, and interactive digital spaces designed to spark spontaneous interaction across the web. They are primarily built for and explored by digital creators, indie developers, and online communities looking for participatory experiences. Unlike conventional social networks or enterprise collaboration platforms, these projects prioritize creative novelty, whimsical mechanics, and open-ended community experiments over standardized feeds or business workflows.

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Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites HN 278 2026-06-20
WebTiles HN 230 2026-01-10
Subth.ink HN 92 2026-01-19
I made paperboat.website, a platform for friends and creativity HN 81 2026-02-10
A1Zap - the social network layer for AI apps YC 49 2026-04-22
duo-fold-live GITHUB 49 2026-09-21
A website that auctions itself daily HN 43 2026-01-09
256 GITHUB 36 2026-09-13
experiment-9 GITHUB 19 2026-09-26
experiment-7 GITHUB 19 2026-09-26
experiment-10 GITHUB 19 2026-09-26
experiment-6 GITHUB 19 2026-09-26
experiment-8 GITHUB 19 2026-09-26
I made a website that vibe-codes itself HN 18 2025-11-04
fly-tetris GITHUB 17 2026-09-13
ssh tiny.christmas HN 14 2025-12-25
Heartbeat HN 12 2026-03-30
Replicant Space HN 11 2026-07-29
savefly GITHUB 8 2026-09-22
You are now the product manager of this site HN 6 2026-01-06
Twitch Plays Pokémon" for Claude Code HN 6 2026-02-02
Lastwordonearth.com HN 5 2026-06-18
XHTML HN 5 2026-09-24
F0rtune500 HN 5 2026-04-21
The web is dead. Keep this app alive HN 5 2026-09-15
One hundred LLMs Generating a HTML/CSS Solar System HN 5 2026-06-18
Brain Rot Posts PH 2 2026-09-18
86,400 — Own a Second PH 2 2026-09-29
Bit of Nothing PH 2 2026-10-01
Hold the Hour — The internet has a clock PH 1 2026-09-30
How Many People Paid A Dollar? PH 1 2026-09-29
Grov.fun PH 1 2026-09-13
Limelight PH 1 2026-09-27
The Internet Trash Can PH 1 2026-09-08
We Were Here PH 1 2026-09-09
O Botão do Fim PH 1 2026-09-23
ViziRank PH 1 2026-09-08
Name the Day PH 1 2026-09-16
TYPE FORGE — Kinetic Engine PH 1 2026-09-18
Keep the Duck Alive PH 1 2026-09-21
World Wall PH 1 2026-09-17
LAKADE PH 1 2026-09-30
The Last Website PH 1 2026-09-30
Irreversible PH 1 2026-10-01
Shared Lists PH 1 2026-10-10
Nothing Hours PH 1 2026-10-06
The Iweology Project PH 1 2026-10-09
The Thousand Numbers PH 1 2026-09-07
Humains + AI Social media PH 1 2026-10-05