coComment

coComment was a browser extension and online service designed to facilitate collaborative commenting on web pages. It allowed users to create a shared space for discussing online content, regardless of the platform it was hosted on. Functionally, it enabled users to add comments and annotations to web pages and then share those comments with others, creating a conversation layer on top of existing websites.

The core concept behind coComment was to consolidate conversations scattered across different platforms into a single, manageable location. Users could create and join coComment "conversations" associated with specific URLs. These conversations were then accessible through the browser extension, allowing participants to view and contribute to the discussion. This offered a centralized platform for discussions regardless of where the content was originally posted or shared (e.g., news articles, blog posts, online forums).

One of the intended benefits was to reduce the fragmentation of online discussions. Instead of comments being siloed on individual websites or social media platforms, coComment aimed to aggregate them into a unified stream. This potentially fostered more in-depth and nuanced conversations by bringing together different perspectives and viewpoints. The service also aimed to provide a measure of control over the comment environment, allowing users to curate and manage discussions in a more organized way.

coComment was available as a browser extension for popular browsers such as Firefox and Chrome. The service was eventually discontinued, and the browser extensions no longer function.