Nextdoor

Don't you dare to report and post an insulting message that a "neighbor" sent you cowardly "in private" on this crappy and useless website; they will deactivate your account and ask you to comply with some of the strangest guidelines. Many of my friends warned me not to join this site and I should have listened. It doesn't help that, according to Wikipedia, the site has been accused of racial profiling on numerous accounts. Stay away. By the way, their CEO in 2014 was involved in a hit-and-run... Talk about promoting neighborliness... Go figure.

While our Board tries to create community harmony (and is doing an excellent job), the self appointed Lead continues to allude to the fact that there are shady dealings going on. This woman, (who has since sold and moved), appointed a close cohort to be lead but she still remains as lead as well. Despite numerous emails (and not just from me) to those in charge of Nextdoor, nothing is done and she continues to reign supreme over our neighborhood. She never attends community events or HOA meetings. I have been deactivated twice now and won't return since I find the site useless. (We get email blasts from our Board to keep us updated). Question? How can we get Nextdoor to shut down?

With Nabo closing down in Australia and recommending Nextdoor instead, I decided to create an account. I'd been an early adopter on Nabo and a suburb lead (member for over 3 years), read the guidelines closely and and posted a friendly introduction. When the only responses were nasty ones from 3 men, I figured I would just be wasting my time engaging there any more. I tried to delete my account, but I can't - I can only "deactivate" it. So Nextdoor gets to keep my data forever. Joy. I should have googled reviews *first*, as so many other negative reviews here all echo the same sentiments: how nasty it is. That was certainly my experience - and I only lasted a few hours before I decided to leave!

Yes, all of those reviews about complaining neighbors, bullies, and corrupt moderators are true. That is the society we live in. Some of your and my neighbors are bigots, socialists, evangelicals, liberals... you name it. Most are just really nice people who want to get to know each other. But since I joined a year ago, everything is getting censored. You can't talk about anything except who is the best plumber and have you seen my lost dog. That stuff is fine, but don't people talk about anything else? It's like living in Stepford Connecticut. A recent post about Lady Gaga's dogs being kidnapped was censored. "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." This site is for small, mind-controlled people.

Here we go again. Hadn't received anything from next door in quite a while, was kind of hoping they'd been driven out of business. But received one of their idiotic form letters from my "neighbor Holly Smith on Jackson" telling me how over 800 of my neighbors had already joined. I bet there's a Holly Smith in everyone's neighborhood singing the praises of next door. I tore that pos letter into pieces before tossing it in the recycling bin. Gawd what a scam it is. You've been warned, steer clear of it. You'll be sorry if you ever do join, you'll never be allowed to leave.

I'm retired and donate much of my time volunteering in the aesthetic preservation of my city. I also use various social media to expose those who violate city and state ordinances! And unsurprisingly, I'm often wrongly accused by those who violate said ordinances, via their reciprocal posts! Unfortunately, its been my experience for "NextDoor" to react in haste, and without investigation or confirmation of others reciprocal claims. They also frequently rush to judgement and accuse members like myself of violating "NextDoor" policies without themselves having an understanding of the scope of these requirements! Thus, their ineptitude and illiteracy is of similar competence to that of the police who arrested George Floyd! Though we can at least be thankful NextDoor moderators are not provided handcuff's, tasers and firearms!

Next door is ok for a lost pet. Of course if you love your pet why lose them so often? I have tried to assist new TN folks who have relocated her from various other states and have alway been kind. I could get a bit sarcastic if someone eas just being mean. But, OMG if it was it 2 self proclaimed democrats that stalked, bullied, and was so hateful. This behavior got me to stop that social media. When folks get by with this behavior it just divides us more and bring on discord. And these folks were from another local city.

I was threatened by a man on Nextdoor. He actually threatened to come to my home. They did NOTHING. I asked them, begged them to come to my aid + call the authorities, as I didn't know his address or even his real name. They did NOTHING. I now have to live in fear of a strange man coming to my home, and no one wants to hear it. They never help until it's too late. Please take my advice + steer well clear of this horrible, horrible site. It is NOT about the neighborhood. At all.

Extreme right political groups in our community have made Nextdoor part of their strategy. They have strategically taken over lead positions. They post misinformation and they turn on anyone who disagrees, even civilly, with ad hominem attacks. The group has a beef with apartments being built in our neighborhood, and as a result they've posted announcements of public meetings on Nextdoor with instructions on how to post so that apartment dwellers can't see the announcements. Disgusting. I love the concept of Nextdoor and I'm not sure how the company should fight back. But I've deleted my account because it became so intolerable.

If you dont fall in line with their moderators from out of state, they will ban or suspend you for no reason other then responding to others questions, civilly. This is no different then facebook now. It has nothing to do with "community", merely leftist propaganda. This is the bed they made, now they have to lie in it as this platform fails.

I joined this group to keep abreast of happenings in our community. What I didn't realize at the time is that it Nextdoor.com is run locally by cliques of right wing people, mostly stay at home women. They let their friends post anything they like, then they censor others who aren't their buddies. They claim you have "violated community rules" and when you ask what those rules specially say, they respond they are "open to interpretation" Stay away from this useless site unless you join cliques easily, and are willing to be subjected to the censorship Nazis that are the neighborhood "leads" Besides it is mostly lost dog and cat postings, or people freaking out about "suspicious activity" Not worth your time at all.

Don't tell them not to call the police on folks for petty issues or tell them that they're showing their privilege. You'll get banned.

All while they profile their neighbors as criminals for "looking scruffy", call the cops on kids walking too close to their lawns, and asking for snake removal for snake skin.

Racism runs rampant and anyone who says anything about it is reported en masse by a bunch of uncomfortable angry old white folks. The volunteer admin system is a joke. It's an excuse not to run the app like any other site with admin support.

I have been receiving next door emails for years and yet when I tried to log back in, they are saying they don't recognize my email...duhhh. Fix your ridiculously stupid app or say goodbye to another customer.