Our village has recently been targeted by Nextdoor. Invitations are hand delivered , printed but from. Named person. The name is, indeed, someone who lives locally ( although I never knew his surname). It claims to be a way to share local security information, news etc.
We already have two ( don’t ask me why) village Facebook sites, and an active neighbourhood watch.
The person named in the invitation is also, I think, part of a WhatsApp group that I gather is shared by people from the newer development, added on a spur from the close I live in. That’s a “ private” road ( in reality unadopted). Our next door neighbours ( last house in original road), joined but quickly left as they reported that it was full of sniping and conflict.
Has anyone any experience of Nextdoor? My initial thoughts, based on some research on line, are to avoid it, as it can all become confrontational too easily. Apparently the company behind it has record numbers of complaints about other users. There also seem to be some issues around security of personal data.
All thoughts welcome please.