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I was hesitant with NextDoor but I've found they do in fact provide very real value. At least for living in a city like San Francisco where you're not likely to actually know many of your neighbors.<p>My only concern is that it's starting to turn into a FUD (fear, uncertainty, and death) distribution machine. Pando Daily gave them a great review for keeping neighbors informed about crime[1]. However, now crime, muggings, etc are most of what I see on the site. Has my neighborhood suddenly become significantly less safe? Why don't I actually see this increase anywhere around me? Am I just that unaware or is this just a lot of noise? I don't actually have an answer, but it raises the question: is this actually good for me to consume or is this just the go to place to be afraid of your neighborhood?<p>That said, I've gotten great advice on where to find live dungeness crab in the city through the site.<p>[1] <a href="http://pandodaily.com/2013/01/22/nextdoors-unexpected-killer-use-case-crime-and-safety/" rel="nofollow">http://pandodaily.com/2013/01/22/nextdoors-unexpected-killer...</a>

The city I live in made some sort of deal with Nextdoor.com and it was presented as something we should try out. I don't remember the details, but each neighborhood had to get some number of signups or it would go away.<p>I signed up, and was thoroughly unimpressed. After searching for a way to un-signup, I resorted to emailing the site. They said if I leave, I cannot sign up again. What kind of lame threat is that?<p>I'm glad I left and haven't looked back. No idea if it ever caught traction here.

There is a next door group in my neighborhood. It's by no means local news. It's a mix of complaining about parking and things like that, links to actual local news (local paper/online journal), asking for recommendations for babysitters and plumbers, and trying to hock/get stuff; much more neighborly things and much less "hyperlocal news"

I have been encouraged to try out Nextdoor, and I am convinced they could provide a good service. But, I cannot convince myself it will be profitable and stick around. How will nextdoor make money? The normal rule seems to be--if you can't tell what is being sold, you are. Is that the case here?

Why are we forced to submit information or login to just browse the site? At the bottom of the page, the site promises to show you cities in which NextDoor actually exists...but it takes a full four clicks into an ever-deepening nest to find out that there is nothing for the city I've chosen:<p><a href="https://nextdoor.com/find-neighborhood/" rel="nofollow">https://nextdoor.com/find-neighborhood/</a> (Select a state)<p><a href="https://nextdoor.com/find-neighborhood/fl/" rel="nofollow">https://nextdoor.com/find-neighborhood/fl/</a> (Select a city)<p><a href="https://nextdoor.com/find-neighborhood/fl/green-acres--lakewood-ranch/" rel="nofollow">https://nextdoor.com/find-neighborhood/fl/green-acres--lakew...</a> (Select a neighborhood)<p><a href="https://nextdoor.com/find-neighborhood/fl/green-acres/" rel="nofollow">https://nextdoor.com/find-neighborhood/fl/green-acres/</a> (Select a...neighborhood...within a neighborhood??)<p>How about showing a list of actual neighborhood/cities in which NextDoor actually exists?<p>edit: below the fold on the right side is a link to a "demo website"<p><a href="http://demo.trynextdoor.com/news_feed/" rel="nofollow">http://demo.trynextdoor.com/news_feed/</a><p>The items look recent so I don't know if it's just a default "actual" neighborhood for the demo wrapper or just designed to look up to date. Looking at some of the pages...I can see how this is helpful for neighborhoods but it doesn't quite fill the data-niche that EveryBlock had...besides actual city data (which likely required bespoke scrapers/data-storage scripts), EB pulled down local Yelp/Flickr/Craigslist data to populate the site...the Nextdoor demo site looks entirely populated with user submissions, which may be sparse for some areas.