HomeElephant is like Facebook plus CrimeWatch, combining neighborhood social networking with the ability to report suspicious activity into what could be a worldwide communication-changing tool.
Once the app is activated, users register on Facebook and begin adding others, with their approval. in the My Neighborhood list and start posting on local happenings, even organizing an events calendar.
For most city-dwellers who don’t know the other tenants in their apartment buildings, this app could open up a whole new world of social interaction. Of course, it’s not that physically difficult to knock on the door down the hall, but in many cases, this type of one-on-one interaction may be intimidating, or even inadvisable. By facilitating reliable communication, HomeElephant may help break the ice among otherwise shy neighbors and provide group activites to get to know each other.
It’s only in beta, but HomeElephant has managed to reach 2,400 neighborhoods in 38 countries around the world, including India and Australia, since its creation three weeks ago.
With such a robust growth rate, plus the app’s potential to organize local populations, it may also soon find equal use in formally organizing groups as a neighborhood message board. Twitter and Facebook played such an important part in organizing protesters and proving a platform for them to share ideas in extraordinary times, and this new app can work in a similar fashion in ordinary times, making it even easier for people living near each other to gather quickly for communal events.
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