Hey All,
I’m in the US and looking for an alternative to the Nextdoor app that allows me to connect with my neighbors, and possibly includes a marketplace. The current state of Nextdoor’s racism and transphobia makes it unusable. I even live in a relatively progressive part of the US. I would really love to have an app that lives up to the standards it claims to have. I know that’s a BIG ask though. Thanks!
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Not really relevant but a few weeks ago I started getting emails from nextdoor related to a town in Alaska. I’m in Australia. I’ve never been to Alaska.
I get about 30 a day and the unsubscribe button doesn’t work. I don’t have access to the account using my email address so I can’t change it either. Had to just report as spam. Now my spam folder is hundreds of nextdoor emails per week. It’s wild.
So, could be fun to weaponise it against your enemies.
Probably the closest fedi platform is fedihood
I don’t have any good suggestions for you but I do agree, Nextdoor is trash. I removed it from my phone and usually avoid logging into the site at all. They seem to be in a competition with Facebook to figure out which of the two is the bigger dumpster fire.
re: marketplace, for now I just go back to Craigslist if I want to scan for anything interesting someone is selling, or giving away for free.
Is this a problem with the app or your neighbours?
My problem is with the app more than my neighbors. There are plenty of a**holes everywhere, but the app lets their racism and transphobia fester. There are also plenty of people that have been banned from using the app because they list a preferred name as opposed to a legal name, which is definitely transphobic.
It’s also problematic because it prevents folks with non-European names from using a name that won’t draw a lot of attention they don’t want from said a**holes. I understand that is another much deeper issue in the US, but I can only do so much about that.
To get Members started on Nextdoor, we use personal information to:
Confirm Member accounts using several techniques, including checking against third party data and public records, verification codes, or geo-verification. We also use public registries to block registered sex offenders in the United States (and other countries where permitted by law) from signing up for our Services. In some circumstances, we may ask for additional information (such as government-issued identification and business documentation) to confirm Member accounts.
That doesn’t sound trans phobic, if anything it’s protecting vulnerable people
Please consider that only applies for account verification during initial signup. While there can be some value in protecting vulnerable populations, actual use of their platform is a different story.
There are also plenty of people that have been banned from using the app because they list a preferred name as opposed to a legal name, which is definitely transphobic.
I got permabanned for that exact reason, I used my preferred name. I tried to appeal, but they said that because the name on the property record didn’t match (creepy that they went that far in the first place), that I’d have to upload photo ID. I told them to eat shit.
Its like that neighborhood bar that allowed Nazis to hang out there and before long turned into a Nazi bar.
It’s both.
Unusable!
After last winter, every neighborhood in south Minneapolis has a dozen hyperlocal Signal groups, and a handful of broader ones.
For the most part it’s turned into a solar punk utopia version of NextDoor.
I don’t know how you achieve that without having to repel a few thousand nazis as its genesis, but maybe some flyers will do the trick?
For the most part it’s turned into a solar punk utopia version of NextDoor.
I have to ask. Is this a good thing? It sounds awesome.
I mean, yeah, it’s actually pretty great. Lotta little problems getting solved every day – lost dogs returned home, that sort of thing.
Try citizen (iPhones) for the local incident reports without the racism
