After its dedicated Gaming app, Facebook is shutting down its Neighborhoods feature without specifying a proper reason.
Shutting Down Before Expansion
Observing the growth of Nextdoor in its initial days, Facebook made a similar feature on its platform called the Neighborhoods . This extends the scope of Groups and lets people form sub-groups based on their interests in the same locality.
Interested people join relevant Neighborhoods to engage with others for particular reasons. This may seem similar to WhatsApp Communities, which the platform has recently debuted in the beta channel for some users .
While it’s a good one, Facebook decided to shut it down anyway. The platform started testing Neighborhoods in 2020, with select users in Canada. And last year, it expanded the testing phase to various communities across Canada and the US.
Facebook is shutting down its Nextdoor-clone Neighborhoods on Oct 1st h/t @grigg_digital pic.twitter.com/Zob6ny5gf5 — Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) September 1, 2022
