Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Nextdoor.co.uk is it a scam
we received a note through the door for a website called Nextdoor.co.uk
I read some bad reviews about this site, does anyone know more?
Is it similar to HOL?
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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It's a US-based site financed by huge wodges of venture capital. It's not a scam, I was at the UK launch last year.
It's like HoL in that it's local but it's not like HoL in that ultimately their aim is to gather personal data and commercialise it in one way or another (though the venture capital funding has pushed back the day it needs to start to wash its face). HoL's purpose comes from a passion to support the area and the people who live in it.
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Permalink Reply by Brin on
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Ok, good to know.
I think I will certainly leave it a while, HoL works great.
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Permalink Reply by Laurence on
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According to the site "Nextdoor never shares your personal information with third-party advertisers." ... so the commercialisation I guess is in the form of serving targeted adverts, i.e. creating a profile of you within the site, then serving ads that are targeted to your profile? Or is there more than that going on?
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All I can say is that right now they're pretty uncommercialised because they're working on huge amounts of venture capital. Sooner or later they'll need to start making money. Your guess as to the options are as good as mine.
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Streetlife users in Nextdoor privacy row
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38920906
Latest on Nextdoor on the BBC if anyone is interested.
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Yes I just signed in to Streetlife after a long absence and was directed to Nextdoor. As other poster said, it gives your full address unless you remove your door number. Only offers a very restricted neighbourhood. Rubbish.
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