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Backchannel brings the internet's conversations into whatever you're reading. It blends Hacker News, Bluesky, Reddit, and more into a single discussion thread beside any page, then brings those sources together into a blended front page when you're ready to find something new.
I got tired of constantly tabbing between whatever I was reading and the commentary about it. And when I found an interesting article somewhere outside an aggregator, I'd often end up going back to Hacker News or Reddit just to see whether anyone had discussed it.
I started wondering: why does the discussion have to live somewhere else? Why not bring it to the page I'm already reading?
That became Backchannel. It started as a way to put Hacker News beside any article, then grew into a blended conversation across Hacker News, Bluesky, Reddit, and other sources. From there, the idea naturally went the other direction too: if the conversation can follow you while you browse, the front page can become a place to discover what people are talking about across all of them.
That's been the most interesting part of building it: taking something I was constantly switching between and turning it into part of the browsing experience itself.
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About Backchannel on Product Hunt
“The internet's commentary track.”
Backchannel was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #87 on the daily leaderboard. Backchannel brings the internet's conversations into whatever you're reading. It blends Hacker News, Bluesky, Reddit, and more into a single discussion thread beside any page, then brings those sources together into a blended front page when you're ready to find something new.
Backchannel was featured in Browser Extensions (5.4k followers), Tech (630.1k followers) and Community (3.1k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 174.2k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Backchannel?
Backchannel was hunted by Thomas Walichiewicz. 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.
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