Hey everyone 😸
My name is Ryan, and I'm excited to share a project I've been working on called Recall. Recall is a Chrome extension that allows you drop comments onto any website and tag others to join the discussion. Think of it as a social post-it note that you can leave anywhere on the internet.
I've been fascinated by the idea of a commenting layer on top of the internet. Today, when you want to discuss something you find online, you have two options - you can post to social media, where you have little control over the resulting discussion, or you can post privately in a group chat, where the discussion quickly gets buried. On top of that, many online publications have disabled comment sections on their articles, which used to be the most interesting place to understand diverse perspectives.
Recall makes it easy to start meaningful conversations with whoever you choose right in the margins or any webpage.
This has been a night and weekend project, and is very much a v1! For now, Recall relies on your Google contacts to let you tag others in your notes (you can also share a link to your note with anyone). I can imagine Recall eventually working with your other social graphs to enable you to tag your Twitter/X followers or newsletter subscribers, for example.
Please give Recall a try and post your candid feedback.
About Recall on Product Hunt
“Social post-it notes for the internet.”
Recall launched on Product Hunt on June 20th, 2024 and earned 196 upvotes and 17 comments, placing #13 on the daily leaderboard. Recall lets you annotate the internet and tag others to start a discussion in the margins of any website.
On the analytics side, Recall competes within Browser Extensions — topics that collectively have 5.3k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Recall performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Recall?
Recall was hunted by Ryan Cooley. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Recall including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Ryan Cooley