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I-Neighbors, Not just another social network
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?"
Odd. Mine worked fine. I played all over and was impressed with what I saw. What neighborhood did you create?
Not everyone has those things near them. I couldn't tell you where the nearest park is from here. I don't think there's one for several miles. Same with a mall. Same with a "community center" (whatever that is).
I live in a very heavily populated area, but we just have apartment complexes springing up between all the houses that have been here for 50 years, lots of gas stations, lots of convenience stores and lots of grocery stores and a few grade schools.
And sure, you could walk up and down the street, but there are no sidewalks, nobody spends time on their front porches (if they even have them) and you'd probably get hit by the oncoming traffic that is as bad as anything in california or new york.
Well, for what it's worth, I created both a username and neighborhood, and never saw an error (other than my username was too short - 4 characters).
http://wsulug.org
There is a similar site called The Facebook for universities. You can only join if you actually go to one of the listed universities (they have alot). Since universities are basically like huge communities, it's basically the same idea. It's really quite useful, because you can see people that are in your classes, live in your residence hall, etc. It also has a quite extensive search function. So, for example, you could search for "freshman" "females" living in "yourdorm" whose interests include "heavy drinking" and "casual sex". Quiiiite useful... =)
I'd say there are a fair number of listings for a site that has been up one week.
http://i-neighbors.org/usa.php?rank=state
How hard would it be to code for all countries? Five boxes: Country, state/region/prefecture, suburb/town/city, Zip/Postcode, Street name. Say hello to your neighbours.