Comments on: Nextdoor taking slow road to social networking

By: egoldin

egoldin — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:31:00 +0000

Makes sure that users don’t have a terrible first experience and that they don’t develop wasteland sites. If they allowed anyone to create easily, you’d have some guy who doesn’t use the site anymore creating networks all over the place. This way, you only get a site if it gets going for real. As someone who has actually built a neighborhood-based social network (potreroboosters.org), I think this is a great strategy.

By: Philip

Philip — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:21:12 +0000

Fully agree with Kevin. Interesting concept, terrible execution. Somebody wanted to take a page out of the LinkedIn book .. which turns into a rather aggressive/punitive messaging for sign-ups.

By: Kevin Leong

Kevin Leong — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:15:47 +0000

Interesting… applying technology to existing social networks. I bet they get a lot of questions why nine neighbors and 21 days and having them all verify their addresses – insane who is going to do it? Well, sound like it’s working. Good luck.