“What Is True Near Me”: The Unkept Promise of EveryBlock and Next Door

Next Door acquired EveryBlock. I helped start EveryBlock. When making a product, there are lots of competing product directions. The direction I most wanted for EveryBlock was what we call in database work as a “single source of truth”.

A decade later, there is still no one delivering on that promise, and the idea of truth has come under enormous pressure.


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