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Comment by h2odragon

4 years ago

Wait, i thought "Nextdoor" etc were filling that niche with neighborhood vigilance and "my neighbor's sunflower is spying on me" posts. Also recall lots of words about how "filter bubbles" are bad and all forums must be acceptable to all society so that "badthink" doesn't grow.

There's real, local and or interest focus forums still; I'm sure. Those enjoying them aren't gonna wanna talk about them much for fear they get ruined by strangers who "know whats best."

Those enjoying them aren't gonna wanna talk about them much for fear they get ruined by strangers who "know whats best."

This is absolutely a thing. I have servers hosted on my local tiny ISP that only permit my local ISP's CIDR blocks as there is really no need for others to access them. It's literally for the local community. I might set up a VPN endpoint for people that travel some day.