I was the founder for my neighborhood and am still a lead. I had high hopes going in, but I suppose it's really just what you make of it. I have gained the mo

I was the founder for my neighborhood and am still a lead. I had high hopes going in, but I suppose it's really just what you make of it. I have gained the most value in the feature that allows you to include in your feed (and posts) the surrounding neighborhoods, not just your own. We had thoughts that it would end up being a good mass communications mechanism but only about 70 of 260 households have signed up. Compared to Facebook Groups, the barrier to entry is far higher with Nextdoor and many folks can't be bothered to adopt yet another network/app just for this purpose. I'm also on the board of my HOA and only about 15% of households bother to show up to our annual meeting. Usually only 1-2 non-board members join the bimonthly meetings. The level of apathy can't be overstated, especially when the perceived value is so low. Nextdoor, while fairly pretty, is low on features. It's essentially only an activity stream. Compared to alternatives like http://www.i-neighbors.org http://www.i-neighbors.org, Nextdoor has nothing. There are some things I've been very happy with: 1) There are a couple of police officers in the network around my neighborhood and they are terrific about informing and advising on crime & public safety matters. 2) For anyone a little leery of Craigslist or Freecycle, selling & giving away stuff using Nextdoor has a kind of built-in safety mechanism, since you know exactly who the person is and where they live. 3) It's merely OK for service provider recommendations. Unless you know the recommender IRL, their recs are as worthless as those from an anonymous person on the internet. It would be fantastic if they signed a partnership with Angie's List.