Facebook has confirmed that it is testing a new feature that will allow users to share news,
Neighborhoods feature is still being testedonly in one market, Calgary, Canada, but if the experiment proves successful, these tests will expand. Journalists point out that another local social network, Nextdoor, has already shown the viability of this model.
You can select your local neighborhood + permit FB to use your location to display posts, groups, marketplace items + more from your others in your neighborhood
You can create a ‘Neighborhood’ profile for other users, who are not Facebook ‘friends’, to learn more about you pic.twitter.com/P0Ys3w9d4L
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) October 20, 2020
Screenshots of the feature appeared on Twitter. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed that these screenshots are real. “Our social network is increasingly used for the life of local communities. To make it easier for our users, we will introduce a new Neighborhoods feature, a dedicated space inside Facebook for people to communicate with their neighbors. "
Feature welcome screen asks usersbe kind, write only local news, do not spread false news and share valuable information. Users can invite friends to join, and they will be prompted to answer questions about their area and share photos. Users can leave or change the area at any time.
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