Around: places, posts and people

Around is a feed of places, not of strangers. Join your local government, your estate or your campus, and read what people there are saying today: is there light, is the road open, has the tanker come.

All 36 states, the Federal Capital Territory and all 774 local governments are here. A place can also sit inside one, such as an estate inside Eti-Osa. Every place is a city, an area, an estate or a campus.

• Open the directory, find your state, then your local government, and join. Leave any time.
• If nobody is in it yet, joining opens it.
• For somewhere smaller, propose it from the new place screen. A person reviews it.
• Reading needs no account.

Say something, or ask a question people who know the area can answer. Up to 2,000 characters and 4 pictures. You have 15 minutes to edit a post, and you can take it down any time.

People reply, mark what is useful, and repost to their own places. Replies are one level deep.

A story is a longer piece with a picture and a headline, about a place. It does not expire, so it is still there for the next person deciding whether to move to that street.

When a listing is published, it is announced once, in the place it is in.

A place can have moderators. They are members of the place, not Vallo staff. A moderator can:

• Hide a post while a person reviews it
• Welcome people and answer questions about the place
• Flag a listing or a profile to the Vallo team

A moderator cannot:

• Delete anybody's post, ever
• Remove a member from the place
• See anyone's bookings, payments or messages

You can apply to moderate a place you are in.

Follow people whose posts help you. Block or mute an account, and report a post or a profile.