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I’ve been working on something for a while. It is an embedable discussion widget that you can put on your site. It mostly runs on the IC(moderation, email, and some aggregation/indexing happens off chain).

You should be able to log in with II, Plug, NFID and create an account. I’m sure much is broken. If you have a tag or star/constillation, request it and I’ll see what I can do. It needs a ton of work and a security audit, etc…but after the dumpster fire that was June-29-2026 on this forum, I woke up this morning determined to push something out where focused technical discussion about the IC can live with a strict no a-hole policy.

What will moderation look like? I’m not sure yet. Everything is pretty open and it just moderates if it thinks you’re being an a-hole. It is a benevolent monarchy…if you can keep it.

You can see a bit more at https://xcursi.com and https://app.xcursi.com.

Let me know what sucks.

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Looks cool so far. The first link doesn’t seem to work for me. I can’t seem to post though, or rather figure out how to post :old_man:

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Would help if I could spell it right. Fixed the link. You should use the first or third link to use the app.

The first has the app embedded in ICDevs.org. The third goes straight to the app at app.xcursi.com.

Once you connect with II, plug, or NFTs you get a principle and then you can "complete registration ". Then you should be able to create a new thread or reply.

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Yeah, I didnt see the ‘continue onboarding’ step at first, logged in and out a few times.

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You should see something more like this from now on:

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I added an intro video in the first post.

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A few updates:

  • I’ll try to do a general news post a few times a week where relevant IC/ETH news is posted and can be discussed. Example: https://app.xcursi.com/t/thr_48d2cca6-bc8f-4d69-ae9d-e0bf7bf6b773
  • The Private Message system should be fixed
  • The home page at app.xcursi.com now shows full threads display and the page view has a top level thread starter…still working on this.
  • login TTL has been extended to 30 days.
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as with most things, i wonder how i could embed this in a VR space and what, if any, benefit that might bring – i know, not every problem needs an immersive solution

that said, i think that discussion is something that can be helped with a greater sense of presence through physical interaction and expression (what emojis were before we flattened them). also i am curious about the idea of a “soap-box democracy”, basically allowing people to set up impromptu stages and deliver a speech, perspective, polemic etc. to those that wish to listen. since much of the internet is already dedicated to this kind or performative persuasion, i can imagine this being popular, if done well

does this work in a nostr-style, federated fashion, where i host my own node? if so, can it be made compatible with the ActivityPub protocol?

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So, most simply, you could just embed in a floating web view. But I would imagine you want a bit more than that. I haven’t done any activity pub, but @Gekctek did a bunch of work on getting the Bluesky protocol working all federated like. I COULD merge a good bit of that in…one thing that is nice about the IC is that all the posts should be principal signed so you can copy it and assure it was that user.

I do have a more federated and private style thing I’ve been working on but I’m a few weeks from being able to test it.