Nextdoor

I’ve lived in Oakland now for almost two years and I don’t know my neighbors. (To my credit I do know all of the neighbors in my building.) I heard about the mobile app Nextdoor through a friend who began working their several months ago and I finally decided to try it out. I now know the name of my neighborhood! I live in Sante Fe, thanks Nextdoor. Anyways, to the app: The concept is very intriguing. It’s a great place to post various neighborhood specific information and to have a neighborhood directory on hand whenever you might need to contact a neighbor for a cup of sugar or for hyper-personal marketing of your kids girl scout cookies.  (Although even with this app I’m not so sure I’d be welcomed warmly with my neighborly requests, especially in my hood, but this has yet to be tested.)

The app begins with sign up which requires a verification of your address with a phone number, postcard, or credit/debit card. Once verified you’re in to peruse the neighborhood bulletin board via Nextdoor’s list interface. All posts are shown on your homepage with the most recent on top. Makes sense. With a click on the sandwich menu further areas of the app are exposed and additional list categories are presented. The app is really simple and being spoiled by google the browse by category is a bit clumsy for me but it works.

In sum, the app Nextdoor provides a nice little social network for the neighborhood where you reside. You’ll be kept abreast of local government/town hall meetings, crime events, listings of free stuff and the old favorite to old telephone poles posts of lost pets.

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