Nextdoor

When this first started it was great, now they have joined our senior community to 14 or more other neighborhoods all over town and most of our members cannot figure out how to restrict the others, which can be done, but you should have a say in who can be joined to your Next Door account before they are added in and not have all this drama to stop comments from across town. Impossible to reach live help. Now we are getting ads from businesses that we are not interested in. Many are dropping out because they do not want all these irrelevant comments dailyll

I have just deactivated both my Streetlife and Nextdoor accounts. And here is what I put on the Nextdoor site when asked my reason for leaving

Streetlife has treated us, loyal members, very badly. First we had to verify our address and that was, at first, by giving details of a credit card? Then the postal option was offered. Then, all of a sudden, we are hijacked and TOLD that if I don't get so many new members for Nextdoor then the 'pilot' will be cancelled. Privacy: yes I can remove my door number BUT it still gives my street AND my full name. How is that safe? Please tell your 'partner', Streetlife, that you have made a lot of vulnerable people at risk by cutting off their access to events and meets in our area. Streetlife was a lifeline for vulnerable people without family structure to help them. The bereaved, new retired or moved to a new area. And all for greed!

A number of NextDoor users were interested in creating a private group to discuss Illegal immigrants. Since creating the private group, our permissions were taken away to compose messages and permissions to group management was removed as well without any notice. This is childish behavior of the site admins. Apparently they dislike the subject and are muzzling users so that they can't function on their neighborhood site. This is outrageous behavior from this company.

Nextdoor gives us valuable information about the movements of people and wildlife about the area, doings at the City Council, reactions of our neighbors to disasters and unusual weather events, lost pets (my favorite topic), garage sales and welcomes new people in to the neighborhood. Since local papers like the Glendale News-Press have been reduced to eight pages a week, Nextdoor acts as a newspaper and town crier for all of us.

Great source to keep in touch with everything going on in the surrounding area (about 3 or 4 mile radius) with a minimum of stuff that wouldn't relate to me. Good for finding vendors or suggestions to problems of ordinary homeowners. For the most part folks are pretty friendly and helpful. Those who want to be "snarky" for some reason can be blocked. Also helpful because the county administration and police use it to keep citizens aware of special circumstances and issues.

NEXTDOOR Banned me from their site for exposing them for promoting people that have no contractors license at all and are performing duties that require a license such as installing new hardwired electrical appliances or building a new closet or adding lighting or plumbing. Handymen are only allowed to perform minor, casual, or inconsequential projects totaling less than $500 for the entire project. All electrical work is not inconsequential or minor or casual. Protect your family and assets by hiring a licensed insured contractor.

I too live in GB and was signed up to Streetlife. I found Streetlife very useful for getting / giving recommendations, finding out about local events etc. It is/was a site that doesn't make your address public and uses only initials. You did however have the option of messaging a person if both parties agreed. I have today moved to Nextdoor and it was only after I signed up (I did read the t's& c's) that I was aware that my full name and address were on view to the public and I have no choice about it. This puts me at risk. Regrettably and with anger as this should not be the case, I am leaving this site immediately after I have posted this review. If you have not yet signed up and do not want your name and address to be made public to all users ot Nextdoor do not sign up.

Be forewarned. Nextdoor is where you will find out just how nasty your neighbors really are. Though the site makes claims that comments must be civil and neighborly, the reality is the online fighting and nastiness goes on unchecked and is basically condoned by the joke that is Nextdoor Support.
My advice? Use a fake name and be sure and hide your address, because joining Nextdoor is basically joining a site where bullies and nuts abound.

Another place to waste your time watching neighbors be mean to each other over petty disputes. Topics and comments about politics are frequent and clog of your feed. Get a life and go actually talk to your neighbors.

Several years ago I, and my wife were permanently banned from San Tan Heights Nextdoor by Bernabe Torres(lead). Since then, a busy-body named Candice Steelman makes posts that advise residents not to vote for board of director candidates. Me! Since I cannot get on Nextdoor, I am unable to defend myself. That is the same as election rigging. She has done the same on various LDS women's Facebook pages that I have no access to. Election rigging!
Nextdoor allows emotionally unstable fascists to have power over other people.