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For those who may not know what Next Door is, it's sort of like a neighborhood social network online (maybe a bit like Facebook).
You get invited only if you live in the neighborhood or surrounding areas. Once you join, you can see messages from other homeowners/residents in your neighborhood. Some may be people you know and others may not be. But, you won't have random people who don't live in your area. You have to verify you actually live there.
In the website, once you're signed up and logged in, people post all sorts of news (such as crime), questions (such as whether you have seen a lost dog), and recommendations/reviews (for example, saying so and so did a great job remodeling my home). Yelp! and Google reviews exist, but they are often by people you don't know or have any connection to. Some are fake (as studies have shown) from paid trolls/sabotage artists. Perhaps a few very well-documented cases on those review sites can be useful or if there is a very high review count (500+). Even then, I don't know.
Next Door sort of gives you a possible "added benefit" - these are real people (not fakes) and they live near you. But, would that alone make you feel more trusting of them? Does anyone use Next Door here and what are your thoughts on it?
You get invited only if you live in the neighborhood or surrounding areas. Once you join, you can see messages from other homeowners/residents in your neighborhood. Some may be people you know and others may not be. But, you won't have random people who don't live in your area. You have to verify you actually live there.
In the website, once you're signed up and logged in, people post all sorts of news (such as crime), questions (such as whether you have seen a lost dog), and recommendations/reviews (for example, saying so and so did a great job remodeling my home). Yelp! and Google reviews exist, but they are often by people you don't know or have any connection to. Some are fake (as studies have shown) from paid trolls/sabotage artists. Perhaps a few very well-documented cases on those review sites can be useful or if there is a very high review count (500+). Even then, I don't know.
Next Door sort of gives you a possible "added benefit" - these are real people (not fakes) and they live near you. But, would that alone make you feel more trusting of them? Does anyone use Next Door here and what are your thoughts on it?