The Drought Is Over — But Let’s Talk About What Wasn’t Said

#Nextdoor recently published a blog post titled Small Business Owners on Nextdoor: Understanding America’s Most Influential Local Decision Makers — highlighting that 3.2 million small business owners are on Nextdoor and that many of them personally make all their purchasing decisions and use the platform to grow their business. �

https://lnkd.in/eAC7GBbk

That sounds great — but here’s the disconnect:

✔️ The blog talks about business presence and ads. �

❌ It doesn’t address why community dialogue is absent from official channels — despite claims of connection.

❌ It doesn’t explain why comments are disabled on #LinkedIn and #Facebook.on #X

❌ It doesn’t show any leadership engagement or responses to feedback from neighbors, advertisers, or shareholders.

❌ It doesn’t speak to moderation challenges that undermine the very trust Nextdoor claims to build.

❌ It doesn’t acknowledge the brand capital erosion caused by long public silence.

In other words, the drought is over when a blog goes up, but the conversation still hasn’t begun.

If #Nextdoor really wants to help small businesses thrive, it needs to do more than share data and infographics. It needs to show up where people are, listen to concerns, and engage in transparent dialogue — especially when users and stakeholders are asking for it. That’s a real connection.

#niravtolia — let’s talk about how actual connection works.

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