Nextdoor

When I first it was a great site and still is only less so. It was a good place to find out what's going on in the neighborhood, especially the crime. But then you get one or two people who take over the site with their "crusade" and won't let go. I got tired of reading about the same issues every single day. Nextdoor used to have a block feature but that went away quickly for some reason. Just getting tired of people complaining about city government and actually doing nothing about it.

In most cases I've always thought ND works fine and can be trusted for its purposes. Inquiries on recommendations, reporting neighborhood matters, etc. But recently they disabled my account for 3-4 days without a specific reason. I don't even know what I did. It would be nice if they would at least state what the reasons are besides violation of community guidelines. They did not even consult me about any post I made or give me a chance to correct it if necessary. I communicated with the admin of my neighborhood and ND never consulted him either. I wonder how they will respond if I reported this to the Michigan State Attorney General's office?

Some crazy person who lives nearby rants against anyone he disagrees with, makes racist comments, and subtly threatens people. I happen to be his latest target. He now says he, "knows where I live". How does he know that when I hide my house number? Well, probably because Next-door shows when you joined the neighborhood, and doesn't allow you to opt out of showing your street name... Anyone with access to a realestate app can see when houses sold on a street in that time and now I have some crazy person harassing me because I made a suggestion he disliked. He literally has written 20 replies to me, and sent me a private message saying I have no right to have an opinion about "his" neighborhood because I haven't lived here long enough. Next-door has done nothing except to remove his racist comment from a different thread.

Once upon a time in a land far far away there was this app called Nextdoor.

The concept was to help folks navigate problems in the community, review particular services or just post silly things from the neighborhood. Sadly today, it has become a place for folks to share their anger, complaints and criticisms. More often than not, if anyone disagrees in any way with a post they get attacked. If you post something others don't like, you get attacked, the worst part is when those that disagree with your comments are 'leads'.

I think the original intent was excellent, now it is no better than FaceBook or Twitter when it comes to the attack trolls.

I always advise new neighbors to sign up on Next Door when I send them an invitation. It's especially important as many are seasonal residents and do not keep in touch with what is happening. I love the emergency updates from the state, the news about recent thefts or suspicious behavior, information about local events and I have even sold a bike on Next Door. Don't miss out.

Nextdoor is a joke. All it takes is one jerk in your neighborhood that decide to report you say for having a yard sale in your own yard and the Nextdoor will remove your posts and lock out your account. I am talking about absolutely innocent posts such as giving away free household good, holding a yard sale or selling a family buffet in the appropriate for sale section. The leads are useless and either wont return your email inquiries or express their sympathy but wont get involved with the site management to address the situation. The customer service reps demonstrate the intelligence level of a high school dropout and lack basic ability to utilize common sense and judgement. Dont waste your time on this site.

Be careful what you say, if the write person doesn't like your comment you may be ignored! I keep getting teaser emails but can't view or reply, just get a blank screen. No help logging in and no one to contact.
I think I upset them when I talked about comedians joking about the site being for neighbors to tattle on each other and next day nothing except emails I can't reply or view! Not sure why, thought it might be a problem with my system but asked question and advised by others that nextdoor just shuts you off no notice of reason you just have to figure it out! No way to run a website. Not going back on. Invisible moderators and no contacts.

This relatively new place on Eastern is incredible. Have been there many times since right after their opening. Everything is made to order & homemade where possible. Last night (our anniversary) we went there: had the Dover Sole & a pasta side with shrimp. WOW! They knocked the ball outa the park with this one. We have had Dover Sole many places all over the world, but this is the best (fresh daily), not expensive, service is super, cleaning is non-stop. Their wine list is Italian. Owner helped us with a NAPA Cab. Equivalent. It was great.

If you haven't tried them, you are missing the boat.

Gee. My review of Nextdoor that was on for a week or so seems to be gone. And I followed all the rules too. I wonder what happened to it. Did Nextdoor leads get that one deleted too? Here we have a situation where people who have no business monitoring and reporting others are in charge. If you keep your head low and your nose clean, all is well. If you say something they don't like, you're out. Now let's see how long it takes for them to delete THIS one. Then I'll have to post my review on Trustpilot which has a Nextdoor review score of 88% bad.

... inadvertently walking into one of those weird cults where everybody smiles all the time. I posted my concerns about privacy and the fact I was encouraged to nag my neighbours to hand over all their details so we could reach some magic number of participants in 10 days or... heaven knows what might happen. And the ONLY responses I got were 'that's fine isn't it?' 'Just a normal message'. No dissenters AT ALL. No opinions - just the warm embrace of the 'converted'. I got out double quick!

I joined this site after receiving what appeared to be an invitation that made it seem like it was from my HOA. Since then I have received tons of spam so if you plan to join set up a separate e-mail address. You should also know that anyone can set up the neighborhood site. In our case a random resident who rarely participates in HOA business set ours up, with even talking with anyone from the Board of directors. Any info disseminated would be secondhand and possibly outdated. There are a few good features but only if there are enough participants and the page is moderated by an community official.

This is still worth my daily check in to find out what's happening in my area and to connect with neighbors. But the ads everywhere (beginning, middle, and later on) are repetitive and unwelcome. Wish I had a fast forward, visual mute, or opt out button to make the Nextdoor experience return to being more enjoyable. Also some of the reviews for these ads posted under different "neighbors' " names are simply copy and paste rather than sincere sharing of experiences with the product. Even better would be to make a separate category for these so that it would be an option for those who might be interested.

If you're looking for discrimination, sexism, political bias, elitism, constant begging for money, irresponsible administration, then this is the app for you.I'm disappointed that I can't give less than 1 star. Then again they are number 1, I'll let you guess which finger I'm using to indicate that.