

Social networks connect people, but many of those connections degrade into vitriol. On its website and app, people can post recommendations, updates, and warnings about their building, block, or neighborhood.Īnyone who has subscribed to a neighborhood email listserv-or used the internet-can guess what might go wrong. All of this news came courtesy of the social-media service Nextdoor. You can use it to hire a babysitter, find sale deals for grocery store, sell your unwanted items and share information with neighbors.Here are some of the things I heard about in my neighborhood over the past year: A thunderstorm downed a tree, blocking a central road a shadowy agent called “the night clipper” arose, surreptitiously cutting overhanging bushes while unsuspecting property owners slept several dogs and cats were lost, found, or “on the loose,” whatever that means for a cat a federal-grand-jury-summons telephone scam struck someone sought belly-dancing classes, an apparent alternative to Pilates and, innumerable times, people deposited bags of dog poop into lawn-clipping and recycling canisters at the curb. Nextdoor is a free private social network that can makes you all of your lives better in your local neighborhood.

You can also download the Nextdoor App to learn what’s happening in your neighborhood in first. If not, you can follow the instructions to create one and invite your neighbours to join it. If there is already a Nextdoor neighbourhood, you will automatically be directed to that neighbourhood.

Then it will verify that you live at the address in the neighbourhood you’re joining. On th next page, you’ll need to enter your full name and valid home address and click the on “Find your neighbourhood” button. Then you need to enter your “Invite Code” and “Zip Code”, click on the “Accept Invitation” to continue. Did you receive a Nextdoor invite code from your neighborhood? Would you like to join the largest neighborhood social network in the U.S.? If yes, just go to the website and follow the instructions to create your own account so that you can talk with your neighbours anytime.įirst of all, open the website link in your web browser.
