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Thursday, August 23, 2012
Tech/Games Yet Another Social Network
Posted by Irene Messina on Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 3:30 PM
Can't get enough news about the high school classmate you haven't seen in 20 years? Or maybe you love reading about that Facebook friend you've never met, never talked to and wouldn't know if you passed them on the street. Good news, social media fanatics! There's another network for you to explore: www.nextdoor.com.
From a press release:
Nextdoor (www.nextdoor.com) is a private social network for the neighborhood. Using Nextdoor’s free online platform, neighbors create private neighborhood websites where members can ask questions, get to know one another and exchange local advice and recommendations. Nextdoor is specifically designed to provide a trusted environment for neighbor-to-neighbor communication. Hundreds of neighborhoods are already using Nextdoor to build happier, safer places to call home.
I checked it out and you can't randomly click on a neighborhood and read their entries to see what's going on. It is specifically for people to connect with others in their own neighborhoods. That's if you want to ...
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