Facebook Competes Nextdoor with New Feature

Facebook announced Today, a new feature that will allow you to be in touch with people in your neighbourhood. The feature appears to be similar to Nextdoor, a community-focused social network with about 27 million active monthly users which founded in 2011.

Also, the firm is rolling out a limited test of Neighborhoods, a dedicated space within Facebook for people to connect with their neighbors, Facebook spokesperson reported.

In addition, the users can switch Neighborhoods, and have dedicated privacy options to manage activity in the group. the firm reported that the feature is only in testing phase, so the company can get feedback and make necessary changes.

Moreover, screenshots of the Neighborhoods feature were shared on Twitter on Tuesday, by social media consultant Matt Navarra, while an earlier version of the feature was spotted in last May.

Noteworthy, Nextdoor brought this feature in 2008, as well as company raised funding worth $ 470 million.

Later, Facebook released its own Climate Science Information Center last September. According to Mark Zuckerberg the Facebook’s chief executive, explained that this space has factual resources from the world’s leading climate organizations, and actionable steps people can take to deal with climate change.

As we’ve seen the wildfires raging across the west coast of the US and the flooding in South Sudan and South Asia, it’s clear that climate change is real and the need to act is growing more urgent every day, Zuckerberg added.

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