[From this article at The Verge] “Founded in 2010 and based in San Francisco, Nextdoor is a odd outlier among today’s social networks. Signing up is an onerous process, requiring substantial proof of both your identification and address. People post messages, but they are seen only by others in the immediate area, and there is no share or retweet button to proliferate messages across the network. It feels more like a modern update on a message board or web forum than a social network. But it has struck a chord across the country. When The Verge first reported on Nextdoor back in July of 2012, it was in 3,500 neighborhoods. Today, the company is announcing that its reached 40,000 neighborhoods, or roughly one in four American communities, with 10 or more active users.”
HatchMatchDispatch is a new Australian-developed website that will bring people together from all over the world to save and share their special moments in life.
Founder, Geoff Drucker says, “HatchMatchDispatch is a site for births, deaths, engagements, marriages and more. It is designed to allow people to share their life moments from new things happening (‘Hatch’), to them coming together with others (‘Match’) or chapters ending (‘Dispatch’).
“Other classified ad categories like cars, jobs and real estate have been huge successes online, but the difference with HatchMatchDispatch is that announcements are free. Touted as ‘social networking’ around special moments.
Creator of wholesome media, Keren Flavell is offering free seminars on using social networking for promoting your social cause.
Hosted at CERES Environment Park (Melbourne) from 7PM – 8PM on Thursday evening (Feb 25th & March 4th) – contact Keren to reserve your place!
First session, will focus on how to set-up and use a Facebook Fan Page. The following week she’ll be talking about Twitter and other social networking sites.
Keren is committed to assisting people who are seeking to create positive change in our world. Be part of the magic.!!
http://wholesomemedia.wordpress.com/
Get in touch with Keren via:-
Email: keren DOT flavell AT gmail DOT com
Mobile: 0402 831 228
Twitter: @KerenFlavell
Skype: Keren_Flavell
The Venn Diagram of Social Media
RMIT University is calling for poems that will be bluetoothed to peoples’ mobiles during the Melbourne Writers Festival. Poems need to be 140 characters or less, in any style or subject matter. Twitter page to follow from August 22nd, 2009 is #RMIT_Poetry.
Deadline: 5pm, Friday 31 July
For more information, visit
Mobile Textualism
<http://www.rmit.edu.au/news/poetry>