Monday and Tuesday on our local NextDoor was nuts because of all the planned protests. A few of us leads on ND (over 20,000 members in our area), removed any BLM fundraisers because the official ND rules are "no non-local fundraising." Then, as the SJW started to swarm the main feed with all kinds of BLM articles, demands for changing the rules of police operation, ways to help their cause, recaps of protests, etc. we found a way using ND tagging to get their stories off the main feed so they would get less eyes on their stories and they would eventually disappear into obscurity. Today there is nothing on our ND about BLM. It only took a day using this technique to clear the board. Now it's back to the normal "lost cat, schools are a mess, what was that loud sound, etc," normal ND stuff. It was fun using ND's own tools to control the board postings with just a few conservative leads.
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[–] toobaditworks 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
thanks
[–] late2thegame 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I go there using my browser instead of an app. You do have to give your address, email, and real name. Your "area" can be confined to only your neighborhood, or nearby neighborhoods. It's not really like Facebook where you get pictures of people's meals and kids enjoying the pool. The ones I joined are mostly informational regarding what is happening now in the neighborhood. Most are "car broken into on Chance Lane last night", dog loose, lost my cat, have items to sell, what electrician do you use, who cuts down trees, need a summer job, what's that construction on Newberry Rd, etc.
I'm a lead because I started one of the neighborhoods. Leads get to define where the neighborhood starts/ends using a mapping tool, and which houses are included. I had to look at revenue/court records to get the boundaries correct. Some people in my area who set stuff up didn't understand the "neighborhood" part, and put their street and the street next to them into a "neighborhood". Some leads were apparently new to the area and didn't know the "old" names for the area, and have houses 5 miles away in an area that isn't correct. I have no control over that, tried to tell them how to use the area maps to define their neighborhood, but it was like their eyes rolled back in their heads.
Sometimes you have leads who care, sometimes you have leads who are clueless. I've also read about leads who are downright evil. But overall, I've enjoyed being on there.