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From: nospam@example.net
On Sun, 18 Aug 2024, 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).
>
Ahh... so not even that, they managed to solve. How sad. Seems like a
destillation of what is genuinely the worst aspects of neighbourhood life.
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