Washington Post Article About Front Porch Forum
The Washington Post recently published an article profiling Front Porch Forum , which basically serves as an online bulletin board, discussion forum as well as informational newsletter, helping to connect neighbors in local communities across Vermont and parts of New York state within the digital age (at least those who have Internet access anyway; image: screenshot of Washington Post article), here . The article itself is behind the newspaper's usual paywall, however, I had fortunately been gifted access to it via an anonymous Washington Post subscriber. The article begins with these initial paragraphs about the online forum, "Imagine an online community where substantive debates about Donald Trump, climate change and America’s culture wars nestle quietly alongside messages about lost rabbits and school board meetings. "It exists and even thrives — in Vermont. Front Porch Forum counts nearly half the state’s adults as active members. More than Facebook, Next...