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Nextdoor has a rating of 1.8 stars from 3,037 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Nextdoor most frequently mention social media, real name and free speech. Nextdoor ranks 508th among Social Network sites.
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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.
First of all, this scam of an idea uses all your private info to make a buck or two. However, the biggest problem of all is that it is a place for neighborhood bullies to make control grabs and then try to control people who disagree with them. It is a joke. During my short-lived membership, I watched innocent people get badmouthed and banned by people who badmouth freely. I went to several review sites and read all the horror stories. I am done.
Used it in our community to find babysitters, crime watch, neighborhood yard sales, lost pets, many other events in the community. Town meetings etc.
Don't let these reviews from California scare you from trying this site. Not all communities are like that.
It worked great for us and honestly I am surprised to find any negative reviews.
Don't go into this site thinking you're going to enjoy being there. It's great as long as you don't defend yourself or your neighbors when the Nazis harass and belittle you with their bigoted remarks. Without warning, you will be removed from this site after being subjected to slanderous, bigoted statements by 'leads', the moment you defend yourself... White Bridge neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee is awful. Absolutely awful
The app if used for its intended purpose would be great. I agree with many other reviews on here that if you have a different view than the majority you will be ripped apart. A neighbor started a post about my family and when I asked the lead politely and respectfully to remove it due to all the stress it was causing, he flat out said no. The next door moderators refused as well. Stay away from this vile nasty app... You'll save yourself a lot of misery from dealing with nasty mean people.
I was apparently removed from the Nextdoor site-I was verbally attacked by an irate property owner who didn't like my asking questions about his property-and then attacked by a friend of his who then "flagged" me-after she land-blasted me and tried to tell me what to talk about on the site-completely unfair--but oh, well, I can live without!
It is absolutely shameful that in this day and age a municipality would encourage its citizens to join this site, when its leads - who might have close ties to high-ranking city officials - have the ability to use Nextdoor as a tool to control the message through censorship, all the while hiding behind the American flag and Christian crosses.
I think this app is a great idea, unfortunately it made me realize how much I really dislike my neighbors. I can't believe how many of them are so mean and negative. And if you disagree with a post, lookout. You will be bullied and may even have your comment deleted by the neighborhood bully in chief.
Because of some complaints from people with certain political views, Nextdoor has shut down posts from those with other views. Funny thing is that Nextdoor ignored those people who used profanity, were nasty and insulting but just shut down those who were polite but had different political views. Nextdoor has a liberal agenda and is out to get your private info and sell it to advertisers. By the way: if you complain about the issues with Next-door to Next-door, Next-door will take it out on you and "punish" you, instead of resolving the issue. Definitely not an pro-American way of life site- very un-American!
This site has become the most damaging and dangerous communications tool I have ever experienced as an Association Manager. A few residents who are angry at just about everything have taken over the site and rant endlessly about the board of directors, the manager, and what happens in the association. They have completely torn apart a wonderful community and have taken control of the site.
The Nextdoor Supervisors do not actively enforce their own code of "neighborly" conduct which allows the leads to get away with turning a blind eye to the hostile, negative posts.
Our community created a site a few years ago to get away from another that had vitriolic attacks on neighbors. The Nextdoor site now exceeds the former one in uncivility, disrespect for others, specious lies, defamatory and libelous remarks. Actually I hope ours stays up a little longer as our association attorney needs to get all of the names and comments down.
I think it's ridiculous you have to use your own name along with your address. What is there is a creep on their? Then they know where you live! What if you post suspicious people and the suspicious people are your neighbors and their is retribution? Ridiculous.
If your nextdoor neighborhood has members who have to be right and have to have the last word and if you disagree with them,... you can banned from the nextdoor site
This is more so if the members you disagree with may be friendly with the admins
This website is really great to know what is going on in the neighborhood, to get cat sitters, if there is a crisis (our gas went out for 3 days in sub zero temperatures), to be alerted of crimes in the neighborhood, or even simple things like needing a recommendation for a plumber and/or what were the cop cars doing on our street? I highly recommend it.
I can't see our members on our site map. What can be done? Is it windows 10? If it is, are the problems being taken care of?
Hank
Norman came and cleaned up my blackberries and trimmed my trees in a very prompt and timely manner. He did a great job and I even gave him a tip. His bid was very cheap to other companies I called to do the work.
Norman's quality lawn care
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A invitation was sent out announcing a garage sale with my name on it. I know nothing about this and am upset that this was done without my authorization. This is a unethical use of security.
Alice c.
I was libeled by a disgruntled neighbor who gave out my address, name and other identifying information, NOT just in my neighborhood but to the 12 surrounding neighborhoods! I didn't even know about it for 2 weeks! The Moderator actually suggested for people to photograph me and post it to the site! All of this, completely without basis and a blatant invasion of my privacy. The post violated NDs own rules yet was allowed to stand until someone flagged it and advised me of what had been posted! I contacted ND, the post was taken down but I wasn't even given an apology. When I asked what action was being taken toward the people who promoted this, I was told they couldn't tell me due to privacy concerns. WHAT? My privacy can be violated, libelous and tortuous accusations can be made, unchecked, BUT you wish to protect the privacy of the accusers? This site promotes harassment! I am considering a lawsuit.
I am a founding member and lead. At this point I will no longer encourage new people to join because of a bully lead in a nearby neighborhood. I spent several days of MY time in an attempt to have this person removed to no avail. I am embarrassed to have my name associated with them and if I had not started the whole thing in my own neighborhood I would deactivate my account. I feel I am stuck. My neighborhood is never a problem, our members are considerate if not absent. Unless there is an issue with members in my neighborhood (which is very rare) there is no point in being a lead on this site.
Incredible! They actually have people set up to read through your posts. These people are not the brightest light bulbs on the tree, so they make judgment calls based on who they like and why, then delete your posts or replies as they see fit.
Answer: The negative reviews are honest reactions to being duped into sharing too much personal information (that Nextdoor now owns and will NEVER delete and will continue to sell to advertisers until your dying day) to join a site that seems friendly on the surface, but which does NOTHING to protect users. I was bullied by a convicted murderer, who is a Lead in my neighborhood--and I was banned from the site for complaining. Leads are nothing more than early adopters of the site who have been assigned power over other users so that Nextdoor does not have to police it's own site. In short: No. The negative reviews are not wrong. Heed them! I wish I had known before it was too late!
Answer: Forget about nextdoor and leads. Get a life, a real one. Don't waste your time with toxic online communities that tend to get the worst out of people. My advise is run away while you still have some dignity left.
Answer: Kay is right. That is their policy. However, don't expect them to hold to it. We have leads unfairly removing only some people's comments and Nextdoor does nothing about it. Best bet, dump nextdoor.
Answer: Neighborhood. Rocks is in development. Another 6 months.
Answer: Truth is like oil and water. As long as the scam artist have enough venture capital (other people's money) they will continue to shake the bottle leaving it a murky view obscuring the truth. Run out of cash, they'll be exposed for the incompetent boobs they are and the top dogs will clear out their bank accounts and move on to the next scam. One look at their "leading edge tech" pulled right out of the 1980's is proof enough they will die in the tar pits just like the fellow dinosaurs. Want a state of the art app? Check out https://wiggio.com or www.neighborhoodlink.com
Answer: Dallas, SiteJabber rates it at 16%. It would surely rate lower if there weren't so many fake positive reviews. Folks review Nextdoor either 1 or 5. The fives read like ads about Nextdoor's features and potential. The ones are written by real people and give accounts of how awful their experiences were.
Answer: Several other reviewers on this site have had the same thing happen to them. We have been fully banned from nextdoor (beyond just "suspension"), but they keep our profiles, and sometimes our names still appear in the neighbor registry. They refuse to remove us fully, I suppose, in an attempt to misrepresent our endorsement and participation there. It's clearly unethical, but their TOS states that they can do this, as any nd apologist will point out.
Answer: Here's a tidy answer from corporate... Hi Colleen, Thanks for getting back to me. Our Community Guidelines prohibit posting about Lead activity on the main newsfeed. If your Leads are inactivate and youre concerned about moderation in your neighborhood, you should reach out directly to Nextdoor Support. If you have any specific concerns I can help you with at this time, please let me know. Best, Amanda Nextdoor However, the minute you alert corporate to issues with leads in your community you'll find your account terminated. They are very protective of the information surrounding who really is controlling the activities on the boards. Most people in my community are under the misguided impression that corporate is in control. They don't even consider it is their neighbor who sits in judgement.
Answer: Nextdoor wants your full legal name, house number and address and your email address that they link all together. As an added bonus... They have a little map that you can click on. That way if, OMG, you offend someone the little map leads them straight to your house. Run, do not walk, away from this site. No good comes from Nextdoor.
Answer: Your name and address will be known to everyone who uses the NextDoor application and website. I don't suggest using it. I recently discovered that low income apartments in ghetto areas might be able to use the application to do crime. Car theft, asaaults, kidnapping and just about everything else under the sun.
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