April 17, 2007 10:13 AM PDT

Fatdoor: Your neighborhood social network

by Erica Ogg
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Still barely three months old, Fatdoor can probably be forgiven for delaying its promised Web 2.0 Expo launch. Originally scheduled for an April 15 rollout, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company says it will make its public debut on May 1 instead.

But Fatdoor had no qualms about setting up a booth in the Expo hall and answering--or not answering, as the case may be--questions about the social network and mapping service still in stealth mode.

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Fatdoor CTO Chandu Thota, whose background is in mapping, claims the service is more Web 3.0 than 2.0, as in human computing plus user-generated content.

What we do know: Fatdoor's chairman is Bill Harris, former CEO of Intuit and Paypal. The service will be like social white pages--pre-seeded with information about people and where they're located at its launch. Its reach will be national, but the tag line is "get to know your neighbors." Groups and search will be based on political leanings, ethnicity and activities.

Stay tuned for more on Fatdoor when it launches.

Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well as the consumer electronics industry. She's also one of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In her non-work life, she's a history geek, a loyal Dodgers fan, and a mac-and-cheese connoisseur. E-mail Erica.
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their tagline
by JBSacks April 17, 2007 11:03 AM PDT
But what if I don't want to know my neighbors?
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the problem is
by an eccentric old geezer April 18, 2007 2:51 PM PDT
Few folks would mind knowing a little more about their neighbors. The real problem is, Do I want my neighbors to know me?
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end of may - May 29 not early May
by ej2296 April 19, 2007 4:18 AM PDT
Thanks for the blog post! A minor correction.. We've delayed our beta launch till the end of May at Where 2.0 (May 29) rather than the beginning of the month as indicated in this post.

kind regards,

Raj, CEO Fatdoor
www.fatdoorblog.com
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