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Become mayor of your neighbourhood - on Facebook
Seloger.com is a French real estate site. It recently launched a Facebook application that tries to replicate an online community based on the area people live in. The “Murs de Quartiers” app helps people in the same neighbourhood get in touch, share good restaurants’ addresses and connect with different things that concern their immediate environment. The company invited people to start campaigning on Facebook to become mayor of their online neighbourhood and manage the community page.
Why it matters
Technology is often blamed to drive people apart. This app actually helps them recreate a real community spirit at a very local scale. How can you become a “social link creator” instead of a simple service company?
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