The Nextdoor App - thoughts? ?

I get rid of any furniture items to charity, as the amount sold for online isn't worth it! I use local ones and one named EMMAUS who collects and then sells from their warehouses, they help those who cannot afford basics too withc donation pieces as well as selling.i feel sense of well-being if I donate.funny isn't it?

You can set your own parameters depending on how near or far you're interested in.

I am on Nextdoor and my area seems very wide, certainly not nearby but people several miles away. I find it fascinating in a morbid way as it seems to be largely really needy people posting obsessively about nothing much, over and over again ! Also people disclosing vey personal information as others have said and I have more than once sent a personal message pointing out that it isn’t really a small group of very local people reading.

Thank you for the warning .
If I do it I'll use an alternative name.
I'm really not keen .
There are so many dishonest people out there and sex pests too !
How do these people find out so many personal details about you ?
Recently getting a late night taxi back from the hospital the driver asked me to marry him ! He stood on the forecourt and wouldn't go .
I had to pretend that I live with my male relatives.
I was completely unnerved .
I now have invented male cousins and brothers ,who annoy me with their demands for clean laundry and meals rather than admit that I live alone with my ailing father !

So what does it do that FB local sites don’t do ?
It’s just a duplicate then
You did have to give an address and name so maybe they ve corrected that which is good but I don’t need it as all the things mentioned are already available for me

Definitely don't put up a photo, you don't want people knowing who you are! I find it useful for alerting people when robbers are around, e.g. people will post a Ring doorbell photo of dodgy hawkers doing the rounds, or CCTV shots of chancers trying car door handles at night. Also handy for recommendations for local tradesmen, but always be aware that the glowing testimonials may be from their families!
The only thing that bothers me about it is the obsession with dog poo, and the endless complaints about people hanging poo bags on bushes.

I’ve used NND for a couple of years and only have positives to report. During the pandemic there was a lot of local people willing to shop or collect medicines and details of testing and vaccination centres. I’ve been given a couple of mobility aids after someone advertised them which has made life easier whilst waiting for the OT assessment. There’s lots of local info re events and warnings re scams and crimes. A really useful app for me

I stopped using Next Door for the same reasons as already stated. In our neighbourhood we have a very unpleasant man who is on Next Door, and who uses it to ‘connect’ with vulnerable women.
He is involved with several local groups, and whenever his name appears, the neighbourhood ladies boycott that group! Pity, because the anonymity of Streetwise made it very useful.

Ok I am a bloke so no men have tried to chat me up, and I use an alias that clarifies which gender I am and how local people will recognise me (*the bagpipe man*).

I first went on because people had heard me play and wondered why and how I was taking this up in retirement. I have found it very positive for the very local area and have actually got a few gigs through it, although that was not my plan.

A few of the threads, like GN, are contentious, but I do not contribute to those. The interface can be a bit flakey on my iPad and I have never put the app on my phone, but I do find out about local traffic problems, and identify up coming vandalism issues that might interfere with my life, so I think, on the whole, it is more useful than not.

You don't have to give your name, either, unless there is actually someone called Bill Abong living in my vicinity.

I joined our local one a long time ago but it wasn't used much by anyone. I just use the local FB group for checking on local happenings. Very useful recently for finding out which roads were blocked by fallen trees/fences/bus stops and when they were reopened.

You can just have it set to "north", or change it each time, or just lie.
It doesn't give your address.

What’s not to like is someone knowing where you live if you don’t live in a particularly affluent area missadventure

It's been ok for me. Found a handyman to do some jobs around the house for me. Get to find out anything that has happened locally too. Nobody has contacted me at all.

I was on it for a while butvdid not find it useful. The area it covered was not really local in my case. Places where I've lived recently have had WhatsApp groups where the membership is controlled by an administrator.

I've had some much needed help from a few people on 'Nextdoor'.
Photocopying done by a complete stranger (over 30 documents)
Lifts to hospital appointments, and so on.
I have a lady I pass on boys clothes on to, who looks after a little family who need a lot of help.
What's not to like?
The whole idea of the site is to build up community networks.

A pound shop Facebook Purplepixie

I’ve never heard of it, what is it?

I have found it useful for info on my area and help if I need to find a tradesman. But oh my goodness the petty arguments on there! Usually parking issues . But if I’m honest it’s quite fascinating how peoples minds work.

Moaning about bins?
Now that’s my type of thing WW!

Yes, suspicious looking men are in abundance here

All I see on our local one is lost cats, moaning about bins and suspicious looking men.

I'm on it and find it very useful for all sorts of local information, like road closures, warnings of local crimes, and just general day to day bits and pieces. I've also sold quite a few items for cash and not had any problems.
You can change your name on there too. Most of the locals here leave their first name and use the initial of their surname, like for instance if your name is Ann Smith (apologies of there are any Ann Smiths on here!) you can change your name to Ann SSS, so no-one knows who you are unless you tell them. Good luck, it's worth it.

Ours is fairly innocuous, mai ly recommendations for trades folk, I did make contact with someone from my past an d caught up a bit, someone wRned me against a particular trDsman, I lent a gardening tool, not seen my address on there or even my post ode

I successfully unsubscribed when I originally joined about 4 years ago.
Straight away I had misgivings.

As I mentioned upthread, the only reason I joined again is because I thought that it might be good for finding a cleaner

Thank you FannyCornforth

I think I've done it now, I found a "deactivate account" button, but didn't have to put in a password.