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Actually I think this is the biggest thing stopping them from mass adoption. Nextdoor knows they have a problem I think they’re doing their best to fix it. It’s
by asimpletune 5y ago
Actually I think this is the biggest thing stopping them from mass adoption. Nextdoor knows they have a problem I think they’re doing their best to fix it. It’s really just the early adopters are of a particular persuasion and it gives exactly the idea that you’re describing. So this is obviously problematic for them because they are actually hope to basically be a better craigslist one day.
- jeffbee 5y agoI think they do it on purpose. The only way to push alerts to users’ apps is with a “safety alert”. The only way you can post to your whole city is in the crime and safety category. The amplification of fear is built-in.
- aseipp 5y agoAlso, the idea NextDoor has a desire to "reform" their userbase or target market or whatever is something I simply don't believe unless definitively proven otherwise, if it's even possible. The entire premise of the OP is an app that realized it could literally sell fear to people and profit! Why should anyone believe NextDoor is different, especially when the prevailing meme is that it's mostly the same already? The second the numbers come back and say "Selling fear will make the most money in the long run", they'll absolutely go in on it whole-heartedly, if they haven't already. It's strange, but I suspect that all the various business models that revolve around "Turn every single person in society into a policeman in a panopticon" might just be fundamentally bad, and not capable of reform or realignment.