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So Nextdoor will have a competitor soon. I was honestly wondering when this would happen because the geographic based reviews and advertising approach totally a

So Nextdoor will have a competitor soon. I was honestly wondering when this would happen because the geographic based reviews and advertising approach totally aligns with the type of service that Google would NOT kill after a couple of years. Maps, business reviews and advertising...only makes sense.

nautilus12 8y ago
Google just can't let anyone else corner the market on something. Its like a virus.
- rhizome 8y ago
  A virus that makes them create a half-stepping competitor before shutting the whole thing down in a couplefew years.
  - krisdol 8y ago
    Yep. At this point I’m burned out on google products and moving on. No way would I commit more data to google for something they’ll abandon when the person who used this project as their resume builder moves on to the next job.
luddaite 8y ago
Why isn't Facebook competing more actively in this market? It seems that the data they have access to is better suited for this scenario.
- mvid 8y ago
  They used to have a neighborhood feature, but I am guessing it just fizzled. Also I don’t really want my neighbors to have a view into my Facebook profile
mc32 8y ago
Remember sidewalk? There have been a number of players who could have parlayed into nextdoors turf, but have not been successful. Google has the budget and heft, so maybe.
IBM 8y ago
Unless they're going to leverage their monopoly in Search or Android to get into this business, Nextdoor doesn't have anything to worry about. Google doesn't have a history of releasing products that succeed organically. And they probably will, but that's why the EU's antitrust cases against Google are so important!
- reaperducer 8y ago
  > Nextdoor doesn't have anything to worry about Also, a good part of Nextdoor's growth is due to real-world hands-on activity. Things like actual people being rewarded for handing actual neighbors flyers. Nextdoor will even send its members postcards to get their neighbors on board. Again -- physical objects. Google doesn't do physical. If a problem can't be done remotely through machine learning, it's not worth doing.
  - icebraining 8y ago
    Does Nextdoor have employees delivering those rewards for the flyers? If not, I don't see what's so different. Sending a postcard is just calling a different API.

nautilus12 8y ago

Google just can't let anyone else corner the market on something. Its like a virus.

rhizome 8y ago
A virus that makes them create a half-stepping competitor before shutting the whole thing down in a couplefew years.
- krisdol 8y ago
  Yep. At this point I’m burned out on google products and moving on. No way would I commit more data to google for something they’ll abandon when the person who used this project as their resume builder moves on to the next job.

luddaite 8y ago

Why isn't Facebook competing more actively in this market? It seems that the data they have access to is better suited for this scenario.

mvid 8y ago
They used to have a neighborhood feature, but I am guessing it just fizzled. Also I don’t really want my neighbors to have a view into my Facebook profile

mc32 8y ago

Remember sidewalk? There have been a number of players who could have parlayed into nextdoors turf, but have not been successful. Google has the budget and heft, so maybe.

IBM 8y ago

Unless they're going to leverage their monopoly in Search or Android to get into this business, Nextdoor doesn't have anything to worry about. Google doesn't have a history of releasing products that succeed organically. And they probably will, but that's why the EU's antitrust cases against Google are so important!

reaperducer 8y ago
> Nextdoor doesn't have anything to worry about Also, a good part of Nextdoor's growth is due to real-world hands-on activity. Things like actual people being rewarded for handing actual neighbors flyers. Nextdoor will even send its members postcards to get their neighbors on board. Again -- physical objects. Google doesn't do physical. If a problem can't be done remotely through machine learning, it's not worth doing.
- icebraining 8y ago
  Does Nextdoor have employees delivering those rewards for the flyers? If not, I don't see what's so different. Sending a postcard is just calling a different API.