When the Nextdoor Thesis Collides With Reality

Nextdoor’s model is clear: heavy moderation, as many notifications as users will tolerate, and increasing ad pressure. I understand the advertising piece—it keeps the lights on.

What’s become just as clear, though, is that Nirav Tolia appears unwilling to make meaningful changes. It’s his way or no way. If users don’t like it, they aren’t the target audience.

That’s why I recommend deleting a Nextdoor account—not just logging out. I walk through exactly how to do that on https://NielFlamm.com – Videos – Nextdoor.

I won’t rejoin Nextdoor unless there’s a major change. It likely won’t. Until then, my concerns and voice will live elsewhere—since meaningful feedback isn’t welcome on the platform anyway.

What’s also interesting: I’m seeing advertisers who promote on Nextdoor directing LinkedIn users to Nextdoor. If the Nextdoor thesis works so well, why direct people from one platform to another?

It’s like a can of Coke Zero (my favorite) telling people to try Pepsi Zero.

The current mindset feels flawed. And I genuinely wish the person steering the Nextdoor ship wasn’t pointing it straight toward an iceberg.

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