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wagonmaster2 · 08-09-2019, 09:45 PM

I received a letter today asking me to join Nextdoor, a network with all my neighbors where we keep in touch by sharing service provider recommendations, items for sale, safety updates, local events, and more. It sounds like it's really a national website, not just a local neighborhood.

Has anyone joined this network, and is it really a safe secure website for a person's information, without personal information reaching all sorts of advertisers. Sounds like a good neighborhood communication but I can also see the falicy of it.

vsheetz · 08-09-2019, 09:58 PM

I have been a member for some time. Overall good information and resources. I'd recommend.

F4Gary · 08-09-2019, 09:59 PM

I got a letter yesterday for the same thing.

Romer1 · 08-09-2019, 10:06 PM

Been a member for about a year. Mostly people asking for contractors, alerting you to suspicious activity and things like that. Don't pay attention to free and for sale listings. Never been bothered byanyone soliciting.

**NLOVNIT** · 08-09-2019, 10:10 PM

I've been a member for a few months. Jury is still out on how I feel about it. I specifically checked for it to be for just my housing development (there was a checkbox for that), but I get emailed notices for other areas.

I may not stay with it. My housing development has a website & I get more info relevant to it there than via this Nextdoor thing.

Lori-

Elwood58 · 08-09-2019, 10:19 PM

We have belonged for some time now, and find it to be a good resource. Like all other social media sites, there will be crackpots and schemers, but easy to tell who is who.

Tha_Rooster · 08-10-2019, 09:41 AM

I signed up, it’s harder to cancel.

wagonmaster2 · 08-10-2019, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Tha_Rooster

I signed up, it’s harder to cancel.

Things like this usually are. I've also found that those "free trial for one month" subscriptions usually are also. I stay clear of most things that say you can cancel anytime.
This deal sounded like a nice idea until I noticed at the bottom of their web site that it included neighbors from Sidney and San Francisco. Not exactly a local neighborhood communication site it sounds like.

Appreciate all the follow-up information.

Phil Perrin · 08-10-2019, 05:47 PM

We've been members for a couple years. There are several neighborhoods in our area that we get information on.
Some of the things people post are just plain ridiculous.
I'll stay a member for now.

IC2 · 08-12-2019, 06:20 AM

My wife uses it and it has generally worked out well. I joined separately for a while but saw little need for the two of us to have individual accounts so left.

RickNC · 08-16-2019, 02:22 PM

Here it is 99% lost dogs, lost cats, fly by night home repair and political crackpots. Occasionally useful information. Been a member for 4 or 5 years. I hardly look at it anymore. Your personal info is safe as long as you don't share it.

Mr_D · 08-16-2019, 02:30 PM

I joined some time ago. Unfortunately we have some overzealous moderators and members in our area. One of my threads got removed because someone didn't like a reply that was posted by someone else. We also did a garage sale and posted about it, one of the moderators removed it stating it was a "business" posting, which it wasn't.
Some times good and sometimes not so good.