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EveryBlock redefines the local news

Started by mathewi · 8 months ago

Adrian Holovaty — the guy behind the ChicagoCrime-Google Maps mashup, and now the launch of EveryBlock — is a smart guy. And not just when it comes to things like coding, but in the way he thinks about media. When we think of journalism and the “news” ... Continue reading »

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  • fredwilson

    8 months ago

    matthew - getting outside.in to canda is a priority for us
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  • mathewi

    8 months ago

    I'm glad to hear that, Fred. I'd appreciate it if you could keep me in
    the loop about those plans.
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  • fredwilson

    8 months ago

    I will encourage the outside.in team to do that

    fred
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  • LocalHero

    8 months ago

    Personally I don't think either approach is very user friendly (everyblock or outside.in), and I am surpised for the cash outlays how much they suck

    At my project: http://localhero.biz/

    we are doing this in a much better way open way. Time will tell if the backend will scale, but as its not coisting me a cent it will only grow.
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  • rod / techfold.com

    8 months ago

    Dear LocalHero: you'll find *not* slagging your competitors to be much more effective at spreading the word about your service.

    Mathew: thanks for mentioning my thoughts. One example of such a phenomenon was the EveryBlock tribeca page, which had some articles about a museum being threatened or some such thing. I'd say that the interest group for such a news item draws from a much larger catchment area than tribeca, and that given its niche nature probably has few people in any given district of the city, but a reasonably sized population overall. Point being: hyper-localization has yet to prove itself.

    You know what would be a worthy experiment? How about nyc.digg.com or sf.digg.com? You'd need the built in population of a popular social news site like digg to kickstart it, but then rock & roll.
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  • mathewi

    8 months ago

    I agree, Rod. I think local Diggs (or Reddits) would be a great idea -- and
    Reddit is apparently rolling out the ability to build your own sub-Reddit.
    If I were a newspaper I would jump on that idea.
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  • LocalHero

    8 months ago

    Your right Rod I should not slag my competitors or anybody.

    Although I think given their money and the free publicity from bloggers on the payroll (not you Rod), I don't think they need any pats on the back.

    Re local Digg the user base in any locality is very small so I am not sure it would reach critical mass. I am looking to add some sort of user content filtering to my site though shortly.
    http://localhero.biz/
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