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Agree. I either want to talk to a community for each of my interests (on a subreddit or a dedicated forum) OR to a small group of close friends or family (messe

Agree. I either want to talk to a community for each of my interests (on a subreddit or a dedicated forum) OR to a small group of close friends or family (messengers). Only rarely would I want to broadcast generic information / entertainment to everyone I know (facebook). One platform I'm missing is one where I could (anonymously) talk to strangers in my area. To discuss or ask about locally relevant things, or just see what people that aren't my friends think. The apps that already exist seem to be always targeted at students.

beatgammit 7y ago
Reddit does pretty well for the "random collection of locals". I follow a subreddit for: - my state - the nearest metro area of my state - politics in my state It seems like most of the posters are actually in my local area, so it's fairly easy to kick off a discussion about some local issue. The downside is that there's a significant leftist bias (true for most of Reddit), but it's fine if you take that into account.
bronco21016 7y ago
While not anonymous, Nextdoor seems to really fill the space of local discussion. It has a lot of people from my town active on it, YMMV. Unfortunately, my town is going through some crap times politically and it makes it really hard to not spend time on Nextdoor just becoming enraged.
- scarface74 7y ago
  As long as you define “discussion” as “I just saw this suspicious looking Black guy breaking into someone’s house. He opened someone’s garage using a garage door opener and unlocked the door using their key. He must have murdered the owner, stole the car, and taken their keys.”
frosted-flakes 7y ago
Reddit has a lot of city-specific forums. Some are ghost-towns though, while the bigger cities tend to be a bit more hostile to post that aren't photos or links to news articles. But some have sister-forums like r/AskTO for posts like that.

beatgammit 7y ago

Reddit does pretty well for the "random collection of locals". I follow a subreddit for: - my state - the nearest metro area of my state - politics in my state It seems like most of the posters are actually in my local area, so it's fairly easy to kick off a discussion about some local issue. The downside is that there's a significant leftist bias (true for most of Reddit), but it's fine if you take that into account.

bronco21016 7y ago

While not anonymous, Nextdoor seems to really fill the space of local discussion. It has a lot of people from my town active on it, YMMV. Unfortunately, my town is going through some crap times politically and it makes it really hard to not spend time on Nextdoor just becoming enraged.

scarface74 7y ago
As long as you define “discussion” as “I just saw this suspicious looking Black guy breaking into someone’s house. He opened someone’s garage using a garage door opener and unlocked the door using their key. He must have murdered the owner, stole the car, and taken their keys.”

frosted-flakes 7y ago

Reddit has a lot of city-specific forums. Some are ghost-towns though, while the bigger cities tend to be a bit more hostile to post that aren't photos or links to news articles. But some have sister-forums like r/AskTO for posts like that.