Posted on 12/23/2024 3:30:39 AM PST by bluescape
Please be wary of what you post on Nextdoor! My brother recently moved to Florida, and he and his wife went to visit her son in Nashville. They left their dog with a pet sitter. The dog escaped, he made the drive back to search, and posted a “lost dog” in Nextdoor. I will not go into details, but he was scammed for a small chunk of change. Be careful…and assume any replies are a scam unless you prove otherwise.
Use a browser and don’t post political opinions. It’s good for finding vendors and lost pets. Also good for keeping tabs on local crime.
bump for later
Thanks for the help. The site seems more trouble than helpful. Definitely not a debate site. Even a nice peaceful neighborhood information site can be ruined by censor clowns and an overabundance of gossip.
Just like a real neighborhood. Hope all the pets will be okay.
“It’s a bunch of gossipy Karens, acting like an online homeowners association. I’d steer clear”…..I could not have said this better. That’s why I dumped it. Here a Walmart was changing its facade, underneath was the insulation that had Lowe’s” stamped on it. Nextdoor came alive with why the Walmart should no be replaced by Lowe’s.
I’ve had it for about a year or so and I deactivated it due to this post. I may have posted once or twice on it but really the value of the site never really rose to the amount of time one wasted going through junk that you describe so well.
My hub monitors it. Never posts. However we just did adopt an 8 1/2 yr old Havanese doggie whose owner had died that was posted there.
That is a concise, perfectly spot-on description. LoL
The days-late notifications about crimes are a nuisance and useless.
joining nextdoor is like a roach motel: roaches go in but never come out ... i made the mistake of signing up because i got an email SUPPOSEDLY from some neighbor ... i quickly deleted my account but various emails kept coming for years even though i unsubscribed each and every time ...
nextdoor is basically a scam as far as i’m concerned ...
There are several sites for lost pets. Probably a group on Facebook too.
One site called Lost Paws a lady at my work reunited a truck driver whose dog was in our parking lot. Real friendly. With a pic of it posted the truck driver from another state got to get his dog back.
Not every story on the internet is horrific tragedy.
I kept getting emails telling me another of my neighbors joined the site. I live in a sparce rural area and joined so I could get info on local road conditions or utility outages. Once I joined I discovered that most of my “neighbors” were 50 mi. away. I got bombarded with notifications that were mostly people selling something or running a business. Total waste of time. Then it took forever to get unsubscribed. I would stay away.
I get it and its all the people who live in your vicinity that you would never want to know whining and complaining about god knows what and begging for money.
Agree. IMO, it’s a ‘civilian’ version of LinkedIn where once you join you get emails, notifications and other ad/trash information they sold about you.
I joined it several years ago and liked it because it kept me informed of local things like restaurant openings and such. Well someone posted about all the traffic at a local small airport and the traffic mostly at night.
Well I made a comment that it was probably FJB flying in all the illegals and they banned me immediately citing that it was a “safe place” for everyone. Don’t know why as the illegals would not be reading this list.
Everyone I know who has tried nextdoor has bailed out. Too many idiots and they do not shut up.
DON’T use it..... It gathers far to much information and resells it.
Scams: Nextdoor scams often rely on the platform’s neighborhood-focused design, where users may be more likely to trust recommendations and messages from neighbors. Scammers may post ads for luxury items at “too good to be true” prices, or offer fake childcare services or shady contracting services.
Personal information sharing: Users should avoid sharing personal information, such as addresses, social security numbers, or email addresses, as this can be used for identity theft and/or hacking.
Fake recommendations: Just like other social networks, Nextdoor has fake recommendations. Users should not always trust “neighborly” recommendations and should exercise caution when considering offers or services.
Private messaging: Scammers often use private messages to approach potential victims without public scrutiny. Users should be cautious when receiving unsolicited messages and avoid sharing personal information.
Address verification: While Nextdoor’s address verification feature makes it more difficult to create illicit accounts, it’s impossible to stop all harassment or scams altogether.
Harassment: Nextdoor’s neighborhood-focused design can lead to harassment, particularly when users are grouped by location. This can result in arguments involving someone who lives nearby.
Lack of blocking feature: Unlike other social networks, Nextdoor does not have a blocking feature. Users can only report problematic neighbors or messages, but cannot block them entirely.
Potential for racial discrimination: Nextdoor’s reporting feature has led to some users complaining about racial discrimination.
https://cyberhoot.com/blog/nextdoor-app-security/
Also..... Most Apps have far too many security issues...
That’s why you create a disposable email address and a filter to send anything sent to that address to the bit bucket.
Too much trouble.
turn off Notifications
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