Nextdoor BROWNCROFT

Please consider signing on to this Browncroft neighborhood opportunity:

 

OVERVIEW:

Nextdoor.com is a PRIVATE social network site launched nationwide on Oct 25, 2011 and designed for and about welcoming neighborhoods. The BROWNCROFT neighborhood site on nextdoor.com was created 2 days later using the established BNA borders. Unlike Facebook.com, it is restricted in membership exclusively to the household addresses within that neighborhood. All members of a household address can sign up individually. It is free and your page is protected by a password and encrypted by HTTPS.

 

As of Februar13th this year there are 50 Households registered with 57 members. There are no “screen names” used – real names only. It’s secure and is completely safe and respects your privacy. It makes it safe for you to share things with your neighbors you would be okay sharing with them in person. It is not searchable by Internet search engines. There is presently no advertising on the site. It has features for profiles, neighbor chat, directory, household mapping, “buy/sell/free”, event planning, resources, photos, and recommendations. It’s simple and easy to use. More features coming.

 

BROWNCROFT addresses are verified by Nextdoor through mail, phone option, or a direct email invite from an existing member signed on to the site. This latter verification is based on the sender's knowledge of the recipient's address as being in BROWNCROFT.

 

INFORMATION:

Please take a look starting with this LA Times Oct 2011 launch article and brief overview video (90 sec). I see this initiative as an extension to our existing BNA PUBLIC website, Twitter.com and Facebook.com page. It has potential to foster more open neighbor-to-neighbor communication options.

 

latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/10/nirav-tolia-launches-nextdoor-private-social-network-for-neighbors.html

 

Also: from the STAR on 1/12/12 in Dallas, TX: http://www.scntx.com/articles/2012/01/12/news_update/7974.txt

 

Also: you can go to https://nextdoor.com and scroll down for more overviews and user comments.

 

Also: you can go to https://browncroftna.nextdoor.com/login/ where at the bottom is a line of choices for more detail information: About, FAQ, Safety, Privacy, Blog, Press, Jobs, and Neighborhood Guidelines.

 

SIGN UP:

Our BROWNCROFT Login screen is: https://browncroftna.nextdoor.com/login/ . There are instructions to sign up for BROWNCROFT. You will need an email address, household address, and you will create a unique password. You will need to have your address verified via postcard, phone, or Credit Card ($0.01). It's all explained.

OR

If you email me (rgenthner@browncroftna.org) directly with a request for an email invitation, I will send a “neighbor invite” from my nextdoor profile. This process should verify you immediately and you will be able to explore, use and provide feedback to your neighbors.

 

Thank you,

Bob Genthner

Nextdoor Browncroft Lead

What is Nextdoor?

Nextdoor is a private social network for your neighborhood. It's the easiest way for you and your neighbors—and only you and your neighbors—to talk online and make all of your lives better in the real world. And it's free. Hundreds of neighborhoods are already using Nextdoor to build happier, safer places to call home.

 

People are using Nextdoor to:

  • Find a new home for an outgrown bike
  • Track down a trustworthy babysitter
  • Quickly get the word out about a break-in
  • Find out who does the best paint job in town
  • Organize a garage sale
  • Ask for help keeping an eye out for a lost dog
  • Finally call that nice man down the street by his first name.

Nextdoor's mission is to bring back a sense of community to the neighborhood, one of the most important communities in each of our lives.

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