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I-Neighbors, Not just another social network

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the of-course-you-could-just-walk-outside dept.

neoatbay writes "Globeandmail has a story on I-Neighbors.org, a social networking site based on geography, rather than affinity. Unlike other websites that allow global, national, or city-wide communication, I-Neighbors links members of a single neighborhood, defined by the people that create them. It is created by a team led by Pro. Keith Hampton at MIT. Anyone in this neighborhood, and play badminton?"

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  1. Stooooopid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a stupid idea. I lived in the same neighborhood my first 20 years of life and only knew one neighbor - barely. Then the rest of my life since then, I've lived in the same apartment complex and I've never known anyone. I have seen the people who live next door and downstairs once or twice in the last five years, but I don't know anything about them. Or maybe they don't even live there and they're just visiting the people who do.

    Anyway, the point is - I don't know (nor do I want to) the people that live six inches away from me on the other side of the wall. Why the FUCK would I want to know any other people in the "neighborhood"?

    This sounds like just an excuse for local people to hookup and fuck behind their significant others' back.

    1. Re:Stooooopid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Not to mention, prefacing everything with an "I" is so 1998. God damn. That alone is reason enough to AVOID that gay ass site.

    2. Re:Stooooopid by xkenny13 · · Score: 4, Funny

      This is a stupid idea. I lived in the same neighborhood my first 20 years of life and only knew one neighbor - barely.

      Maybe you'd know more people if you left the house every once in a while. Give the service a chance, maybe they can help you.

  2. great by terrymaster69 · · Score: 5, Funny
    So instead of actually going OUT and meeting people in your neighborhood, you can all get together and chat online. Just what the world needs, more isolationism. (he says posting on slashdot)

    I can see it now, instead of the "Welcome to the Neighborhood!" cake, you get a "Welcome to the Neighborhood" email.

  3. Actually, it's... by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I, for one, welcome our new neighborhood overlords!"

  4. What happened to the E-everything? by beaviz · · Score: 3, Funny

    iThink i have Inough Idiocity from my I-neighbor with my iMac and iPod downloading from my I-neighbor's Insecure iPass AP.