I'm always torn about Nextdoor as well. On the one hand, I love the idea of a hyper-local social media network that prioritizes civic engagement. On the other h

I'm always torn about Nextdoor as well. On the one hand, I love the idea of a hyper-local social media network that prioritizes civic engagement. On the other hand, such a platform should be a not-for-profit or possibly a cooperative. A company can set lofty goals all they want (and I will give them the benefit of the doubt and say that they probably actually believe in their mission, etc.), but the pressures placed on a for-profit company are inherently in direct opposition to the goals they state. If it ever comes down to a choice between doing something bad that their investors want to get X more people on the platform and doing something right for their communities, they will have to pick the former under US law. While this is generally a hand-wavey argument and I have no specific example of this to cite, it doesn't become a problem until it does, and it's very likely to become a problem if it isn't already.