Re:Nextdoor Is the Lastest Company to Enter On-Demand Services
by e40 on Friday December 04, 2015 @03:42PM
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About 20% of the people in my hood are on it. It's terrible, though. Basically, there are these types of posts:
* need someone to do X (X = clean house, fix house, etc)
* lost dog/cat found
* need house sitter
* giving away X: anyone want it?
Also, the ND admins decided to change who sees what, a year or so ago, and I think the revolt scared them. The basically widened the neighborhood greatly, so you'd see stuff from much further away. I hated it and pretty much stopped using it at that time.
The idea of it sounds good. The reality is that it's not at all something I use. Full disclosure: I stopped using FB a few years ago, too.
Re:Nextdoor Is the Lastest Company to Enter On-Demand Services
by maslam on Friday December 04, 2015 @03:45PM
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Plus the "Did you see that creepy van / solicitor / someone who's not the same race as me?" post? It gets tiring.
Re:Nextdoor Is the Lastest Company to Enter On-Demand Services
by c0bracommander on Friday December 04, 2015 @04:02PM
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That would be a reflection of the neighborhood you live in.
I don't see this working in my neighborhood, like at all, mostly because my neighbors are predominately senior citizens or just about there. Of the 20% or so within my demographic, we've got our own social networks in the greater metro area. Honestly, I think my general perspective is that people in my region buy a house for privacy moreso than to be all personable and economically associated with neighbors - there's always 'burbs with HOAs for those types of folks.
I could see it working in the more dense, downtown apartment / condo markets, but the socio-economic status of those folks is pretty affluent. They don't need to ask neighbors for pet sitting or repair because they've got buying power. And their own social networks for referrals...