The Petition Is Live: Our Information Has Value

I have a radical idea—and now there's a petition behind it.

For years, Nextdoor neighbors have voluntarily created reviews, recommendations, answers, and other hyperlocal information that helps make the platform useful.

As that accumulated knowledge becomes potentially even more valuable through AI and other commercial products, I think it's time to ask:

If neighbors help create the value, should neighbors share in that value?

I've created a petition asking Nextdoor to establish a Neighbor Value-Sharing Agreement recognizing the time, knowledge, and information neighbors contribute.

Until that happens, the petition asks signers to pledge to pause providing new routine business reviews, recommendations, ratings, and other business-related feedback on Nextdoor.

This isn't about hurting local businesses or withholding emergency or safety information.

It's about recognizing something simple:

Our information has value.
Our recommendations have value.
Our time has value.

Please Sign—and Share It

If you agree, add your name:

Sign the Nextdoor Neighbor Value-Sharing petition

Then please share it with other Nextdoor users, neighbors, small-business owners, and anyone interested in how platforms use and monetize user-generated information.

One signature starts a conversation.

Enough signatures might make that conversation difficult to ignore.