Nextdoor

Nextdoor was largely built by volunteer homeowners who thought it would be neat to build a neighborhood-centric social network. Unfortunately, Nextdoor's blind grubbing for revenue via sponsored content combined with its emergence as an online market for crap your neighbors dont want anymore has made it burdensome and largely useless. So many neighbors have dropped off due to the commercial traffic that it is not longer a means to keep in touch with the neighborhood. Just some neighbors.

Moreover, as an early lead who brought over 100 new members, I can just no longer tolerate the incredible rudeness and even blind stupidity of its support staff. Apparently, theyve all been told that ND is all powerful and the only game in town. At least they act like that. Myself and my neighborhood will be moving back to email. Its not worth the hassle.

I wish there was a minus star rating.
Streetlife covered all of Sutton Coldfield and 3,135 people were members.
We had great debates, shared knowledge etc.
Nextdoor - Tiny adjacent areas - I have 410 contacts. Hopeless.
Repeated requests via email to please broaden areas have fallen on deaf ears.

In our fast-paced & tightly scheduled region/culture, none of us know our neighbors. Although I still don't know them personally, we have become better acquainted w. Each other over the last few yrs. Best outcomes:
- personal referrals for home repair, landscapers, painters, specialty needs (very lengthy list)
- personal appeals by adults (& teens) who need: job referrals, odd jobs, between jobs & need help
- charitable focuses eg "I know a needy family, can u donate stuff"
- opinions on local ballot issues (sometimes gets... colorful)
- someone even started up a volleyball gathering
- buying & selling stuff
- increasing topic: local security- police sometimes post! Plus coming together when there is trouble eg theft of packages, pranks, Ring Doorbell assistance ("have u seen this person?")
- seeing what real estate trends going on around us
I really appreciate this app!

I never knew we had so many great neighbors & I read about them every day (helping out one another). I love the announcements & sharing of excess (bulbs, food items, plants, etc). I love hearing of real time local happenings (comedy, music, farmer's market) & safety concerns (road/power closures/outages). We have proven over and over that we are a village when it comes to finding a lost pet & supporting those who are unable too. Cannot number the times I have met new neighbors while purchasing something from the greater neighborhood. I love this app. I don't FB, Tweet or Instagram. Nextdoor suits me just fine.

Absolutely worthless site. The posts are so random, and requests too much personal information. When I requested assistance from the site I was told they only reply using email, no phone calls. How unneighborly.

You will be bombarded with junk emails on very random things. Don't waste your time or money

Our initial test case for curbing neighborhood late night vehicle prowling, break and entry and vehicle theft proved to be highly successful but still required a lot of manual effort to acquire and update resident email addresses needed for incident blanket broadcasting.

A subsequent trial was set up using NextDoor as a platform for broadcasting security video incidents and it was extremely successful.

Now over 500 neighbours in our community are updated immediately after each incident, police are using our videos to aid in more timely arrests which also is improving the conviction rate.

I see some negative comments posted by others that is misinforming... I suspect they are competing with other services and apps and Nextdoor is a threat... Try Nextdoor for yourself... If you don't like it... then cancel your membership.

Nextdoor is an exceptional social media private forum for neighbors in a defined area to get to know one another, exchange ideas, offer goods and services, fight crime and shape their community. It is a newsfeed, sounding board, bulletin board, and service offering forum all rolled into one Nextdoor Leads supervise, or moderate according to site Guidelines, and system algorithms search for potential improper, accusatory or controversial posts. Guideline enforcement isn't often understood by neighbors, but over time users learn to appreciate the rules. The site is evolving, so it is changing to keep up with technology and society. There is a heavy hint of family values in the Guidelines, so if users remember that, they will be fine. Trouble-makers are warned before their account is suspended for flagrant violations. This site is extremely valuable to those who wish to use it properly.

Many years ago, NextDoor informed me that I'd been made an "admin" and started sending me other neighbors' comments to moderate. While a few of the site's guidelines make sense (don't threaten people or advocate breaking the law), most (be kind, don't soapbox, etc.) are virtually uninterpretable.

I've been able to see how my neighbors and fellow admins navigate this. Sadly, it's only led in one direction--the unclear guidelines are abused to simply censor political views that don't align with the majority view. Worse, neighbors who flagrantly violate harassment rules are given a free pass if they're working on the right "side." As a result, the variety of discourse has suffered, and NextDoor has become a fairly uniform political propaganda platform. When my neighbors need to borrow a lawn mower these days, they're more likely to simply send out an e-mail, and I don't blame them.

Blatant leftist policies regarding what can be posted. Every topic that might be of interest to right wing persons (or just honest Americans) like election fraud, January 6 Capitol event, Covid vaccination alternative news and facts, etc. is banned/removed. But no mention of nationwide leftist violence like from BLM so they are apparently allowed. Just as bad as Facebook, Twitter, etc. in their hypocrisy/censoring.

The moderators are complete morons. They will bully you and delete only what they disagree about. Very bias site. It's a liberals dream.

If you state an opinion or suggest something that could be helpful, you get attacked! Then when you attack back you get flag and post deleted.

Horrible site

Also some crazy person started stocking my house and threatening me! Yet, the moderator didn't seem to have a problem with that. Only cared if I disagreed with someone.

I will wait until another website comes out that allows free speech and is fair to all members.
NextDoor is a dangerous site and a nut case can stock you if you get his panty in a wad.

Do not use this site unless you don't care about your safety and privacy. Something better will come out and NextDoor will be a distant memory just like MySpace

Site was great for a while, right up until I started reporting trespassers ( all with video evidence to back up what I'm saying.) This culminated with a raving lunatic, who's response to me asking him not to let his dog run on my property was to intentionally trespass, and get in my face screaming "Hit Me!" ( all recorded on the 911 call.) I reported this on Nextdoor. Unfortunately for me, this POS was friends with the moderator, who I had heard negative things about before. The result? Being bullied by a friend of the moderator ( no way to block them on Nextdoor!), called a liar, crazy, and being told that the police would not respond to any further calls and my account eventually deactivated. Stay away: I honestly don't understand how this site hasn't been sued into the stone age.

This site appeals to the people with Gladys Kravitz Syndrome. Paranoid screaming Karens.
The say not to discuss political issues, however if it's someone praising President Biden for his recent visit, they turn the blind eye. God forbid you engage in the post with even a mild mannered criticism of a Democrat. At that point it becomes political, they leave up the original post (which is against their community guidelines to begin with) and remove the negative comments that go against the Führer. Then they suspended my account. Liberating best describes my feelings toward the suspension.
Another San Francisco tech based company. Go figure.

Joined a while back and had no problems until the Lead changed. She would not moderate posts and let threads deteriorate into name calling, trolling and bullying. Completely biased in her own politics and deleted posts on neighborhood issues she did not agree with. She refused to follow Nextdoor Guideline in posting attacks of me and others.

Nextdoor is not going to survive and make money on advertising when neighbor's delete their accounts. I wouldn't be surprised if they get hit with some libel/defamation lawsuits. I am considering it.

The concept is pure gold: a free, come one/come all "bulletin board that enables rave reviews of local service providers and products as well as the occasional warning of a bad experience. But a word of caution is in order: the boundaries for "appropriate comment," as enforced, are frustratingly and unnecessarily narrow. Indeed, there have been times when a mild if disapproving comment disappeared within hours because one voice complained irrationally. Principles of participatory democracy, free speech, and inclusiveness should be revisited and recommitted to. It is not hyperbole to say that the cranks on the margins often hi-jack the otherwise worthy function of Next Door.