Nextdoor

Nextdoor is a free, private social network and will help you connect with your neighbors, find home services near you, and make acquaintances with the people around you.

Nextdoor can be helpful in many ways. You can use Nextdoor to see what happened, find a garage sale, last-minute babysitter, dog walker, handyman, or sell your unwanted household items. Besides, you can also get local news, plan a local event, or share safety tips with this app.

Latest Update: First transparency report

Nextdoor has published its first-ever transparency report which reflects the efforts the app has made to create a welcoming platform and a safer online experience. The report mainly focuses on how Nextdoor’s community moderation features differentiate it from larger social rivals. The report provides insight into Nextdoor’s unique community moderation model, thus allowing more users to see Nextdoor’s commitment to a transparent and inclusive culture.

Pros:

Nextdoor is available online and as an app for a mobile device.

Social networking for neighbors: sell your idle items to your neighbors; get recommendations for handymen, dog walkers, and skillful babysitters.

Neighborhood events: find local events like community activities and cookouts; find yard sales and garage sales around you

Home Services & Deals: find a babysitter or a handyman; find a pet sitter or dog walker

Safety Tips & Crime Watch: Share neighborhood crime reports; share information during a natural disaster

Cons:

There is an "Urgent" function, which allows you to blast everyone in your neighborhood who is signed up for Nextdoor with an email, but it may bother others because not everyone agrees on what constitutes "Urgent".

There are some gossips in the app, which may cause disputes between neighbors.

How to use:

1. Join your neighborhood: You need to create an account on Nextdoor, and you can choose to use an invitation or not.

2. Verify your address.

3. Confirm your email address.

4. Get Nextdoor on any device: You can download the Nextdoor app on your iPhone, Android, or iPad to take the power of Nextdoor wherever you go.

5. Introduce yourself: You can post and choose which neighborhoods can see your posts on Nextdoor.