Group Analysis of Social Network for Outside.in

Description of the site:

"bridge b/w information space and real-world space"
- local neighborhood news aggregator
- tag-based filtering system

3 Contribution Methods:

1. Suggest a blog (including your own) dealing with a specific
neighborhood and related issues.
2. Tags - users can tag stories with additional information (address,
names, upcoming performances at a bar, etc).
3. Suggest a story relating to a local neighborhood.

Principles of the site:

1. The natives know best (hyperlocal or placebloggers).
2. The post's location is more important than the blogger's location.
3. Neighborhoods are more important than maps.
4. Geo-tags are only the beginning. Tagging based on three criteria:
what/where/when.
5. Local news often has a long shelf-life.

Major Points We Discussed:

1. Neighborhoods are confined to themselves. No real connection
between multiple neighborhoods.
2. Maps do not contain specific points related to the stories.
3. Users cannot comment on the stories, rate them, or mark them as
inaccurate.
4. Submitting stories only requires one of the following: city/state,
zip code, full address.
5. Some stories do not contain any neighborhood specific information
at all because they appear on blogs that have been associated with a
specific neighborhoods.
6. What about neighborhoods that don't have many people blogging
about them? Won't the content just be stories appearing in the local
newspaper as opposed to viewpoints from people actually living in
that neighborhood?