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[Emlyn Addison]

Agree with both. The occasional heartwarming story and it's handy getting
RI state emergency info postings there. But Nextdoor has also become
something of a "crowdfunding" destination...which is honestly exhausting.

On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 12:34 PM Christopher Buecheler <
cwbuecheler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ethan's feelings kind of line up with my impression of Nextdoor, which is
> that it's where old people go to complain in racist-coded (or sometimes not
> very coded!) ways about random people walking down their street. That may
> or may not be true; I've never had any desire to sign up, so I can't say
> for sure. I've largely enjoyed the summit list and, while I don't think
> it's seeing as much action as it used to probably in part due to Nextdoor,
> I still think it's a valuable utility.
>
> -Chris
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 5:45 PM Ethan Gyles <ethangy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've used Nextdoor's app on and off over the years. There is sometimes
>> good discussion, that is not also here on the Summit list. But mostly --
>> it's my experience with Nextdoor was a negative, depressing dialogue and
>> lots of commercial stuff/ads.
>>
>
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