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Over here in India, we have solved this issue with WhatsApp groups.

• alance 7y ago
  Does that mean you'd need to have their phone number first, like everyone would need to be a WhatsApp contact? I guess my approach is aimed more toward casual acquaintances, where you might not know the people on your street very well at all, let alone have their phone number. (but I might be misunderstanding how whatsapp groups work).
  • qnsi 7y ago
    for my neighbourhood in Poland Facebook group does that. In USA don't you have nextdoor for this?
    • alance 7y ago
      That's almost similar to what I'm aiming for. But it (nextdoor) seem very keen to validate an exact person's house address. Not sure how I feel about that. I started signing up and kind of got turned off by the house address confirmation stuff. Guess it's double-edged though, if you don't confirm a person's exact residence then anyone could read the locality's discussions ... tricky. Is there something inherently wrong with a random person signing up to a particular neighbourhood's group chat? These aren't exactly going to be super-private conversations if they're with everyone on your street ... and I want to encourage community building ... not necessarily GATED-community building. The end goal is world harmony, not several billion factions.