EveryBlock tried to be that gathering-together service, but it got shut down: http://www.niemanlab.org/encyclo/everyblock/ http://www.niemanlab.org/encyclo/ever

EveryBlock tried to be that gathering-together service, but it got shut down: http://www.niemanlab.org/encyclo/everyblock/ http://www.niemanlab.org/encyclo/everyblock/ + http://www.holovaty.com/writing/rip-everyblock/ http://www.holovaty.com/writing/rip-everyblock/ "We showed you nearby public records (crimes, building permits, restaurant inspections), pointed you to automatically indexed articles (newspapers, blogs, forums) and provided a sort of "geo-forum" that let you talk with people who lived near you." It's sort of maybe being revived: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/02/comcast-bets-on-hyper-local-by-reviving-everyblock/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/02...