Nextdoor uk seems genuine but have doubts

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Yes, it is, and on ours several people have started local social groups and interest groups :+1:

But I do find the idea of sending out invites to total strangers in my name a bit creepy!

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I think itā€™s just a way of attracting more members Maree. I personally donā€™t send out invites even though they pester you every now and then. Apparently you can gain a certain amount of kudos the more members you attract. A bit like the TL system on the forum.

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Ah, right, thanks. Iā€™ve never really looked into it closely, because, like I said, I find community Facebook groups better :+1:

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Nextdoor have ForSale/Free and Iā€™ve bought a couple of used camera lenses in the past that Iā€™m pleased with.

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Try

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Now that really did make me chuckle!
You should consult Harbal about that one! :rofl::rofl:

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I agree with you Maree, that invitation letter thing really, really annoyed me as well. People are unwittingly having letters sent to their neighbours in their name. This, along with the other issue of them wanting your full address, is the reason I refused to join when Streetlife closed. Having my address on a US database is simply not necessary for this sort of site. They just need to know my area, nothing more.

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The way I discovered the Nextdoor website was through an invitation letter I received through the post, which seemed to be from a neighbour.
I donā€™t think it gave the actual address or street name of the neighbour, just their name and the name of our village. I got the impression the invitations were posted out to people within the same post code area, but Iā€™m not sure.

After reading the posts about automatic invitations going out and street names being shown, it worried me a bit, so I have just checked my profile and settings on Nextdoor.
It does give my real name (I did consider not giving my real last name when I joined but after seeing how little information I had to give to join, I decided using the name my neighbours know me by was a reasonable thing to do)

I found the section where I could ā€œconfirmā€ if I wanted to opt in to sending invitations, so it seems I have not been automatically opted-in.
I cannot remember whether I gave my full address when I first registered or not but I can find no record of my address on my details page and my profile just gives my name and the name of the village I live in, which is vague enough for me to feel comfortable.

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Hi

I can understand the concerns.

Around here it is popular and so far I have not had any issues.

It is missing pets, grass cutting, odd jobs, local coffee mornings etc.

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I am I, and there is no I in Team, so, no,and no.

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I wonā€™t be joining it.

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So basically the same things that Facebook and local radio covers?

Surely your name and address are on the electoral roll which is public information?

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There is no hiding place, from the Father of Creation.

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So letā€™s get together and feel alright .

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See they want to be the star
So they fighting tribal war

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Hi

I can only reply on my experience of the local group.

I avoid Facebook unless buying and Selling, I find it Toxic.

Nextdoor locally is much gentler than Facebook and is used by older people.

I like it.

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See I never understand why people say this. You choose your friends on Facebook. If you choose toxic friends, then it will be toxic. Same as RL. Your choice :102:

ETA: I find the most toxic pages on FB are the selling pages!

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Bath, if Swim, like me, belongs to groups or likes pages, that is where you get the ā€˜toxicā€™ posts. Somebody might say something in all innocence and that then gives others the right, or green light, to jump on them. I have read about someone struggling to survive on a few Ā£100/m, (it may have been on a Martin Lewis post re energy bills) and somebody else said ā€˜get a job, you scroteā€™.

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Yes I totally agree Jazzi - I said in my post that the selling pages are the worst. Always a minority of vicious people who spoil it for the rest - people who would never have the guts to talk like that face to face, but enjoy goading others while hiding behind their keyboards. You just have to ignore them, not let them get to you.

The thing is if, like Swimmy, you avoid FB unless buying or selling, then you are restricting yourself to those very pages that so often turn into cesspits of humanity. But there is another side to FB: keeping in touch with friends, joining groups who share the same hobbies as you, helping people to find their lost dogs or cats, or indeed their lost anything! Iā€™ve made friends with people in my FB sewing and embroidery groups - friends who I meet up with in RL. Itā€™s not all toxic, itā€™s what you make it.

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Me too, but you have to take charge and be in control of your privacy, which groups etc

Thereā€™s always someone running each group so itā€™s down to them how toxic they let it get, they can just throw trouble makers out if they want to

So if you join a group and itā€™s full of bovver and the admin doing nothing about it, you can always leave and find a better run one

I really enjoy my Facebook groups, especially the craft, cooking and local community ones.

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