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> If only facebook could be used to let strangers do stuff in their neighborhood, like organize event, meals, share hobbies, etc, making things more social inst
by augustocallejas 9y ago
> If only facebook could be used to let strangers do stuff in their neighborhood, like organize event, meals, share hobbies, etc, making things more social instead of being exclusive to the friends you have, maybe I would use it more.
This is exactly what Nextdoor (https://nextdoor.com https://nextdoor.com) does. I wouldn't be surprised if they were acquired by Facebook at some point.
- quadrangle 9y agoThat's exactly the scariest thing about all of this. Proprietary independent sites like NextDoor collect additional layers of highly-personal information and are liable to sell-out and terms-changes etc. The only way to trust that any of these things are going to stay positive for society and not move toward more and more abuse and exploitation is to design them from the beginning to be controlled by the citizens and not by a few elites or stock-holders. And they should default to avoiding collecting unnecessary personal data.
- Rapzid 9y agoDoes nextdoor help promote involvement into community and state politics? Raise awareness of props that will affect you, town halls, etc?