XPost: alt.fan.usenet   
   From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   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).   
      
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