{"id":1,"date":"2018-02-28T16:30:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T16:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/neighbourhood\/?p=1"},"modified":"2018-04-17T10:43:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T09:43:41","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/neighbourhood\/2018\/02\/28\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Neighbourhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Find great things to do with people nearby that you can trust<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Neighbourhood is a location-based social network, helping you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expand your connections across your neighbourhood (and\u00a0invite in friends from elsewhere)<\/li>\n<li>Explore your surroundings via meaningful connections and trustworthy recommendations.<\/li>\n<li>BUILD TRUST IN WHAT YOU SEE&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Join and create groups (<em>subhoods<\/em>) based on your interests e.g. sci-fi movies, table tennis, snowboarding &#8211; then attend <em>subhood<\/em> activities in the real world<\/li>\n<li><em>Subhoods<\/em> are centred around a location, however trusted members can\u00a0 invite others from beyond the local area<\/li>\n<li>Create groups inside <em>subhoods<\/em> based on different levels of trust<\/li>\n<li>Receive intelligent recommendations of other <em>subhoods<\/em> to join<\/li>\n<li>See trusted reviews on leisure and entertainment around you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Technology and design<\/h3>\n<p>The platform will be mobile-optimised and make use of location and proximity information. It will be delivered for users as\u00a0native mobile applications (iPhone, Android, etc.) and a cross-platform mobile responsive web application. We are exploring the use of different levels of user identity and blockchain to support security, privacy and trust.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/neighbourhood\/2018\/03\/27\/application-design-process\/\">Learn about our application design process<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/neighbourhood\/2018\/04\/15\/mobile-user-interface-design-note\/\">See our application layouts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Business model<\/h3>\n<p>Neighbourhood will recommend local services to users based on their location, earning commission and advertising revenue from\u00a0affiliate, sponsorship and advertising agreements with local services and intermediate platforms. <a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/neighbourhood\/2018\/03\/24\/neighbourhood-our-business-model\/\">Find out more about our business model here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Competitors and our difference<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border: 4px solid #52BE80;padding: 4px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #52BE80;padding: 3px\"><strong>\u00a0Other \/ competitor service<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #52BE80;padding: 3px\"><strong>\u00a0Our difference<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #52BE80;padding: 3px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foursquare.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/foursquare.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Foursquare uses location intelligence to build meaningful consumer experiences and business solutions. For consumers, we believe the world is full of amazing experiences.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #52BE80;padding: 3px\">Neighbourhood is focused on building meaningful connections developed within groups based at points near where you live.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #52BE80;padding: 3px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.co.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/nextdoor.co.uk\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The private social network for your neighbourhood.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #52BE80;padding: 3px\">Neighbourhood supports you in connecting to local people with similar interests and passions, rather than just anyone who lives locally to you.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #52BE80;padding: 3px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meetup brings people together to create thriving communities.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #52BE80;padding: 3px\">Neighbourhood supports more sophisticated levels of user identity and the building of individual and group trust across digital and real world interactions over time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #52BE80;padding: 3px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neighbourly.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.neighbourly.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A friendly place where people and companies come together to work on community projects<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #52BE80;padding: 3px\">Neighbourhood helps you come together around hobbies, personal interests and passions: these may potentially include community projects, but our focus is on connections that help you have fun in the real world.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find great things to do with people nearby that you can trust Neighbourhood is a location-based social network, helping you: Expand your connections across your neighbourhood (and\u00a0invite in friends from elsewhere) Explore your surroundings via meaningful connections and trustworthy recommendations. 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