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Open the bubble
After installing the extension, a small Town Hall Talks bubble appears while you browse. Click it to open the discussion overlay for the page you are viewing. The overlay can be opened or closed at any time.
Discussion layer for the web
How Town Hall Talks Works
Open the overlay on any webpage, join the page discussion, and follow websites through Halls.
Town Hall Talks gives the web a public discussion layer. Each page can have its own thread, and each website can become a Hall - a followable space where people can see activity from across that domain.
Page threads
One page, one conversation
Every public webpage can have a discussion where people vote, comment, and reply in the overlay.
Halls
A website becomes followable
Halls collect activity from across a website so users can keep up with the domains they care about.
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Join the page discussion
Every webpage can have its own conversation. Read what others are saying, vote on the page, reply to comments, or start the first thread if no one has commented yet.
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Follow the Hall
A Hall is the community space for a website. When you follow a Hall, you can keep up with recent threads and activity from across that domain instead of checking each page manually.
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Discover what is active
Town Hall Talks helps surface active discussions from pages and Halls across the web. Trending threads make it easier to find conversations already happening.
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Official responses from verified owners
Website owners, publishers, businesses, and organizations can verify their domain and post official responses in discussions connected to their site. Official responses are clearly marked so users know when the domain owner is speaking.
Privacy
Privacy and website access
To show the right discussion, Town Hall Talks needs to know which page you are viewing. It uses the page address and basic page information to connect you to the matching thread. It does not read private page content, does not replace the website, and does not edit the site's own content.
Clear boundaries
What Town Hall Talks does not do
It does not rewrite websites.
It does not replace a site's own comment section.
It does not expose private page content.
It does not require every website owner to install anything before users can discuss a public page.
Why Halls matter
Discussion should stay closer to the websites it is about.
Most online discussion is scattered across platforms. Halls keep conversations closer to the websites they are about. A page thread shows what people are saying about one page. A Hall shows what is happening across the whole website.
For readers
Follow sites you care about and notice when conversations become active.
For owners
Respond with an official voice when a discussion connected to your site needs context.
Start with the page you are on
Install Town Hall Talks, open the bubble, and see whether the page already has a discussion.