RightNow Earth is a live anonymous look at what people around the world are doing at this moment.
Every glowing dot on the globe represents one active visitor — someone who told us, in one tap, what they're currently up to. Gaming. Doomscrolling. Should be sleeping. Sitting in the car for no particular reason. There are no usernames, profiles, comments, or followers. This isn't a social network — it's a shared, anonymous snapshot of a very large number of people existing at the same time.
The dot is intentionally not your actual location. We only ever determine a broad region — a country, and where possible a state or province — from your network connection, and then place your dot at a completely random point inside that region. See Privacy for the full explanation of “real activity, fake placement.”
Statuses expire on their own — by default after an hour — so the map always reflects roughly who's here right now, not a permanent record of anyone.
Connection without surveillance. That's the whole idea.