Comment Local2Me.com solves this (Score 1) 235
There's a social networking site called Local2Me.com (http://www.local2me.com) that solves this. (Disclaimer: it's my site.) Each person defines their own group geographically centered around them, using lat/lon coordinates to define their community. Early on, users can start with big circles (e.g., people within 15 miles of me) and as the group grows, they can individually choose whether to be connected to more and more neighbors, or re-scope their community to, e.g., 3 miles. Thus it scales extremely well, making it easier to get critical mass initially and then solving the crowding problem later.
It's been around for several years and is popular in the Bay Area Peninsula where I've focused. (Only available in U.S.) For the naysayers who think this is anti-social, let me tell you - it works. People love being easily connected with locals. They get trustworthy referrals for local businesses and are able to form impromptu groups. Local2Me users regularly report that they have met many more locals in person as a result of the service than they would have otherwise.
One man formed a spur of the moment singing group that he used to propose to his girlfriend. Another woman asked for places to get high quality used toys to bring to kids in Mexico for Xmas, and the community poured out their free used toys - so much so that she had to go back to the group for suitcases! All this resulted in many face to face meetings.
It's been around for several years and is popular in the Bay Area Peninsula where I've focused. (Only available in U.S.) For the naysayers who think this is anti-social, let me tell you - it works. People love being easily connected with locals. They get trustworthy referrals for local businesses and are able to form impromptu groups. Local2Me users regularly report that they have met many more locals in person as a result of the service than they would have otherwise.
One man formed a spur of the moment singing group that he used to propose to his girlfriend. Another woman asked for places to get high quality used toys to bring to kids in Mexico for Xmas, and the community poured out their free used toys - so much so that she had to go back to the group for suitcases! All this resulted in many face to face meetings.
