XPost: alt.fan.usenet   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/18/24 10:11 AM, Rich wrote:   
   > In comp.misc D  wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 17 Aug 2024, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What is this nextdoor thing?  I have heard about it on usenet, but   
   >>>> I think it must be some US thing that has not yet reached europe.   
   >>>   
   >>> It's sort of like facebook, but divided into neighborhoods (literal   
   >>> neighborhoods, maybe 1 mile or so in diameter).  It's clunkier than   
   >>> facebook, but there's local stuff that makes it kind of useful --   
   >>> especially since the local newspaper now has ONE page of actual   
   >>> local news if we're lucky.  I would guess that half the participants   
   >>> have never used a computer, just a phone, and have very little   
   >>> comprehension of how the world actually works.  I really didn't   
   >>> realize how stupid people could be until I subscribed.  It's all   
   >>> over the US, and will probably invade Europe soon.   
   >>   
   >> Ahh, I see.  Seems very logical since the local press is almost gone.   
   >> I can really see the reason for it existing.  As you say, I would not   
   >> be surprised at all if it pops up in europe soon.   
   >   
   > Do keep in mind that you *do not* get the equivalent of the "local   
   > press" (as in news papers).  You don't get stories on what the local   
   > government board is proposing (unless it also gores someone's ox, and   
   > they then complain about their ox being gored by the local board on   
   > nextdoor).  Or other typical 'stories' you'd get from an actual local   
   > newspaper (if it existed).   
   >   
   >  From what I've heard from folks around me that are members, what you   
   > get is a local gossip channel, with an occasional bit of useful info   
   > (coyote seen at X & Y streets yesterday at 06:30).   
   >   
      
   Exactly right, but that's more than the local fishwrap prints. 10-car   
   pileup on the freeway half a mile away?  Nothing, but somebody posts   
   SOMETHING about it on ND.  Abduction down the street?  Bear? Nope, but   
   there is extensive newspaper coverage of a speech made by the mayor   
   regarding the latest attempt to discourage people from driving.   
      
   The fishwrap contains mostly yesterday's AP articles and sports news.   
   For something called a city newspaper to print mostly stories happening   
   50 or 5000 miles away is ludicrous.  Moreover, the price for the print   
   version is staggering. If newspapers are dying it's because they're no   
   longer relevant or even accurate.  Real shame, because I've read the   
   thing since I was 12.  It used to be good.   
      
      
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