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LifeAt – Social Networking in Residential Buildings

Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 by 1 comment

TechCrunch reported today

New York-based LifeAt wants to create a social network around your residential building. Do you need one? Nope. But maybe you’ll use it anyway. And perhaps you’ll even get to know some of your neighbors. The building managers control the network and post information about the building itself. Residents sign up to get news about the building, interact with other users, etc.

LifeAt is in the ballpark. Front Porch Forum knows all about the demand for neighborhood-level online service. Time will tell if they’ve got it right.

Posted in: Community Building, Front Porch Forum, Local Online, Local Reviews, Neighborhood, Peer Reviews, Social Media, Social Networking


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  1. […] three services taking aim at online social networking for neighbors.  About LifeAt (see my recent post)… Matthew Goldstein, LifeAt’s chief operating officer, said the company is only now […]

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