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The Nextdoor Website

pattypeep — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:13:06 GMT

We absolutely love Nextdoor.com since it started up in our area. It's so easy to take a picture on my phone and post it to "free" or "classified". This weekend, we set out two pieces of exercise equipment one day and five wooden (old) dining room chairs another day and they were gone the same day. Love it.

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ScarletDove — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:24:13 GMT

We have Nextdoor here in the Wash, DC suburbs of MD and it is very popular and and has caught on quickly.....it works in many good ways!

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millieshops — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:54:29 GMT

I just heard of Nextdoor a few weeks ago, but it's a tiny one limited to 4 streets in my town and I'm one street outside their territory! Fortunately, our local Chamber of Commerce has run a local website for over 10 years now. We can run free ads, advertize events like reunions, access links to pretty much everything local and that includes local weather. It's my nextdoor site for here.

And then just in the 3 weeks since I learned of Nextdoor locally, I had an email from a Florida neighbor inviting me to join it in my condo neighborhood. That will fill a need for me there because there's not another option for that neighborhood.

I'm assuming Nextdoor is a new and upcoming site???

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TaylorBrown — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:57:46 GMT

I like nextdoor too. I lvoe being able to give recommendationd for local doctor's offices, etc to folks new to the area.

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SeaMaiden — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:12:54 GMT

@pattypeep I love it too. I found a repair person who came out the same day I called him and he fixed two problems I had been trying to find someone to fix for months. No one else wanted to fix something only worth $500. I use suggestions for fix it people all the time. And like you said.. if you have anything to either sell or give away, they are gone usually the same day.

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Love my grandkids — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:27:08 GMT

Our whole family is on it and it's great.

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kivah — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 23:11:04 GMT

It's a GREAT site. I recommended several service people --- and several were recommended to me. Many lost dogs --- and found by neighbors. Sharing information about every subject and situation!!!!!!!!!!!!

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suzyQ3 — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 23:21:21 GMT

@pattypeep wrote:
We absolutely love Nextdoor.com since it started up in our area. It's so easy to take a picture on my phone and post it to "free" or "classified". This weekend, we set out two pieces of exercise equipment one day and five wooden (old) dining room chairs another day and they were gone the same day. Love it.

@pattypeep, I am only vaguely familiar with this concept, but I just had to say that whenever we decide to put something (small or large) on the curb (labeled "free," it seems that it is gone almost as fast as it take me to get back inside my house. It's fascinating.

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Snowpuppy — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:21:33 GMT

It's great living rural!

I put in my address once & it doesnt know where Im at!!!

Love it!

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september — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:24:06 GMT

I'm a new user to this website. At first, it seemed like a good way to connect with other locals. Now, it seems like it's just a way for real estate agents to advertise

our local site is full of real estate ads, and many users aren't happy. Other users claim that the ads pay for the site to exist. I'm on the fence.....

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Allegheny — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:02:49 GMT

@Snowpuppy wrote:
It's great living rural!

I put in my address once & it doesnt know where Im at!!!

Love it!

Same here. Put our address in and it showed 3 other residences. Well my address is a private lane. I'd sure like to know where these other 3 homes are.

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pattypeep — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:29:31 GMT

@september wrote:
I'm a new user to this website. At first, it seemed like a good way to connect with other locals. Now, it seems like it's just a way for real estate agents to advertise

our local site is full of real estate ads, and many users aren't happy. Other users claim that the ads pay for the site to exist. I'm on the fence.....

@septemberWe don't have any realtors on our site. Perhaps you and some other members can contact the "main person" who oversees the site. ??? That would annoy me, too.

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Marcail0825 — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 16:27:17 GMT

I've never heard of this before now, thanks for the heads up!

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kivah — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 21:59:58 GMT

I've posted this situation I had a couple of months ago. I had a severe attack of diverticulitis and called the doctor. He wrote a prescription and I needed it to be picked up at Walmart - 15 min. away. I wasn't able to leave my house and didn't have anyone to help me. I posted on Nextdoor about needing someone to pick up my prescription --- 5 minutes later, a woman who lives on the next street came over. I never met her before. She also picked up electrolyte drinks and applesauce - as I hadn't eaten in 4 days. It's a lifeline. Several other people - men and women - offered to help me.

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LTT1 — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 22:05:46 GMT

@pattypeep

The idea seems like a great way to connect!

Question: is it safe?

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Lindsays Grandma — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 00:40:08 GMT

Do I just type in Nextdoor to get into the website?

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VaBelle35 — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:18:53 GMT

Nextdoor has its plusses and minuses for me.

I live in a very large community and every other community around us is on this as well. Right now we are up to 144 communities.

You can post to just your community or all surrounding communities. Many people make a mistake and post to all surrounding communities when it is just something that applies to ours.

But, because there are tens of thousands of people who can post, we get a lot of ads as well. We get recommendations, which are ads people in the communities can post and we get sponsored ads like all other social media.

We have one real estate broker who used to post constantly about begging you to refinance with him. I think Nextdoor changed the rules, so he is no longer able to make those posts. However, at one point, he was such a royal jerk and said some really offensive things that people kept posting to him that they would never use him for their mortgage based on his postings. He finally just stopped posting.

Admins apparently can't remove people, only Nextdoor corporate can remove people.

I've seen people step up to help others a lot but I also see tons and tons and tons of complaints about dog poop and noise and parking issues.

As a result, so many people have turned off their notifications (myself included) and I just go out there once a day (or if I hear something going on) and see what people are fussing about.

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VaBelle35 — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:21:36 GMT

I had a point and forgot to post it. LOL

I've noticed lately where 1-3 people will post a recommendation about some business. For example, the other day, 3 people posted about this tile regrouting company and wrote these glowing reviews.

When I see something like this, I get the feeling they received free service to promote the business. It's just the way they are written, way too over the top giddy about tile grout, that makes me think they are paid endorsers.

I've gotten some good and some bad recommendations from neighbors. It's a good way to get names but I've found I really need to vet them.

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pattypeep — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:29:25 GMT

@LTT1 You don't have to post any personal information, address or phone numbers. If you want to reply to someone privately, you can do so, but it goes through the website so you don't directly get their contact info. unless they choose to answer you via email. We live in a small very safe community, so I don't feel uncomfortable at all using this site. I have actually given my address out when giving away items. People can look us up in the phone book by name, too, so it's no more invasive than that, IMO.

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september — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:35:03 GMT

@pattypeep wrote:
@september wrote:
I'm a new user to this website. At first, it seemed like a good way to connect with other locals. Now, it seems like it's just a way for real estate agents to advertise

our local site is full of real estate ads, and many users aren't happy. Other users claim that the ads pay for the site to exist. I'm on the fence.....
@septemberWe don't have any realtors on our site. Perhaps you and some other members can contact the "main person" who oversees the site. ??? That would annoy me, too.

Thanks. I didn't have to do that....someone has addressed how to report inappropriate ads...and they seem to be gone now!