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I’m building datenba.ch, a hyper-local “digital village” for a few small communities in rural Germany (Neckartal/Odenwald-ish).

Instead of another social network, it’s a bundle of small, practical community tools under one umbrella, combining of the shelf-software with purpose-built projects of our own.

Our current areas of focus are

- help! a neighbor-to-neighbor help board (rides, errands, PC help, garden/handwork)

- hubs! for shared spaces / tool-sharing / events / social hubs

Right now I’m building the integration surface (claims, roles, provisioning), polishing onboarding, and trying to design help!/hubs! so they’re useful even with low activity.

If anyone’s done (hyper-)local community platforms: I’d love to hear what actually drove adoption and what did not work out for you.