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[gdr_11]

I keep a membership on Nextdoor just to stay abreast of any thefts in our rural area. I ignore the stupid posts from the Dallas transplants who are outraged when they hear a gunshot or who post pics of every stray dog or cat hat shows up. Basically, if Nextdoor was on paper it would not be worth hanging in the outhouse.

This was confirmed today by their main headline on the forum which led me to delete my membership. I can do without this in light of the handiwork of the socialists we are seeing on the streets.

https://blog.nextdoor.com/2020/05/3...mayutm_content=200531-black-lives-matter-blog

 

[BRD@66]

I keep a membership on Nextdoor just to stay abreast of any thefts in our rural area. I ignore the stupid posts from the Dallas transplants who are outraged when they hear a gunshot or who post pics of every stray dog or cat hat shows up. Basically, if Nextdoor was on paper it would not be worth hanging in the outhouse.

This was confirmed today by their main headline on the forum which led me to delete my membership. I can do without this in light of the handiwork of the socialists we are seeing on the streets.

https://blog.nextdoor.com/2020/05/3...mayutm_content=200531-black-lives-matter-blog

404 Error for me.

 

[sidebite252]

404 Error for me.

Me too

 

[gdr_11]

me too so I guess my post is dead since you cant read the Black Lives Matter drivel they posted.

Sorry bout that

 

[Vaquero]

me too so I guess my post is dead since you cant read the Black Lives Matter drivel they posted.

Sorry bout that

I'm ok with the lack of drivel.
Heh

 

[mad88minute]

I deleted mine a year ago.
We were flying to meet family in CA for the 4th of July so we had a SMALL firework show at my house the Saturday night before. I love the 4th, and i love fireworks.
You should have seen what a few neighbors were posting about it.
I deleted my account so i wouldnt have to hear the crying come new years.

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[SQLGeek]

I keep mine just so I can read everyone bitching and moaning about fireworks twice a year. It's too much fun.

Oh and how they spotted coyotes in the fields near our subdivision.

 

[Rhino]

Nextdoor IS useful, and I'm here in Dallas. Honest, there are some really reckless gun users in my neighborhood as my truck bears witness to.

 

[jordanmills]

Nextdoor IS useful, and I'm here in Dallas. Honest, there are some really reckless gun users in my neighborhood as my truck bears witness to.

Same here. We've had plenty of incidents of people shooting in the neighborhood park after night (houses in all directions, no berms), and idiots driving down the streets shooting out of the windows. I don't care if someone needs to take care of a varmint, but regular reckless shooting and mag dumps are not acceptable in a suburban neighborhood.

 

[AustinBR]

A year ago someone took/posted pictures of my dad walking his two German Shepherds with the leash draped over his shoulders and not directly connected to the dogs. He walks them five days a week in the mid-afternoon while everyone is working.

The neighbor posted a rather not kind caption about him and the dogs, both of which are trained at the level of police dogs. By the end of the day about five old ladies had bitched about how the dogs could run away and eat their (unleashed) cats.

What surprised us and the poster was that over 40 different neighbors commented on it that they knew him and the dogs and that they appreciated him walking around the neighborhood whenever they were at work as they thought it might deter crime.

The various old ladies chimed in more and then got called out about how their cats were clawing up cars and killing birds, which surprisingly shut them all up.

At the end the OP apologized.

 

[busykngt]

OP, your woeful tale of the ‘Karens’ on Nextdoor struck home with me! My neighborhood is 100% urban now but we’ve still got the occasional coyote or bobcat sighting, copperheads, etc. And while it’s a pretty low crime area, there has been the rare vehicle break-in or something reported stolen from a yard or garage sorta thing.

I was an early adopter of that Ap and although I wasn’t an overly active participant, I could see the potential ‘neighborhood crime fighting’ value of it. So I more-or-less monitored it and occasionally added my helpful two cents. Once, I put out a really low key, subdued and very polite “feeler”, the jest of which was inquiring as to how many households had guns. Well... as you might have guessed, I was suddenly the “bad guy” who was pushing the button to start WWIII. Only one or two guys in a neighborhood of 350+ homes anonymously admitted to having a gun in the house. The vast majority where Karens (before that term had even been coined) proclaiming how they would never allow their husbands to bring a gun into the house! (LOL)

The final straw for me was: I thought it might be helpful to post a link to, what amounted to be the county police blotter. This included information and mugshot photos already on the Internet as posted by the county sheriff’s office. The Karens reacted like I was the main prison warden at Auschwitz! Typically guys (& gals) arrested for drugs or possession of “controlled substances”, break-ins, domestic abuse, thefts, etc., etc. “How dare I embarrass these individuals further!” From their mugshots, most of them looked like they couldn’t tell you what planet they were on!

Enough(!)... adios ‘Nextdoor’ people! Have a good life....

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Yep, our Sheriff post on our Nextdoor Forum.
Among the many things are people that have been arrested, with pictures and details.
It raises quite the stink.

 

[AustinBR]

OP, your woeful tail of the ‘Karens’ on Nextdoor struck home with me! My neighborhood is 100% urban now but we’ve still got the occasional coyote or bobcat sighting, copperheads, etc. And while it’s a pretty low crime area, there has been the rare vehicle break-in or something reported stolen from a yard or garage sorta thing.

I was an early adopter of that Ap and although I wasn’t an overly active participant, I could see the potential ‘neighborhood crime fighting’ value of it. So I more-or-less monitored it and occasionally added my helpful two cents. Once, I put out a really low key, subdued and very polite “feeler”, the jest of which was inquiring as to how many households had guns. Well... as you might have guessed, I was suddenly the “bad guy” who was pushing the button to start WWIII. Only one or two guys in a neighborhood of 350+ homes anonymously admitted to having a gun in the house. The vast majority where Karens (before that term had even been coined) proclaiming how they would never allow their husbands to bring a gun into the house!

The final straw for me was: I thought it might be helpful to post a link to, what amounted to be the county police blotter. This included information and mugshot photos already on the Internet as posted by the county sheriff’s office. The Karens reacted like I was the main prison warden at Auschwitz! Typically guys (& gals) arrested for drugs or possession of “controlled substances”, break-ins, domestic abuse, thefts, etc., etc. “How dare I embarrass these individuals further!”

Enough(!)... adios ‘Nextdoor’ people! Have a good life....

I have had the exact same experience. The app is useful to learn about missing cats, random wild animals, and people "speeding."

Most of the folks on it don't know a thing about actual security or how policing works.

If I lost my dog, it'd be helpful. But aside from that I don't see much value.

 

[busykngt]

Reminds me of the lady comedian (Joan Rivers, I believe) to the ‘Nextdoor’ forum followers, “Talk amongst yourselves.”

To which I might add, they deserve each other. (One of the original quintessential “echo chambers”).

 

[popsgarland]

Nextdoor IS useful, and I'm here in Dallas. Honest, there are some really reckless gun users in my neighborhood as my truck bears witness to.

I'm in Garland and also a member of our Nextdoor. My house backs up to a green belt. On the other side of the trees, I hear gun shots almost every night and some times right behind my fence. And my house bears witness to it. I had a round come through the wall at the back of my house and lodged in an inter wall.
Three cops and the CSI came over but did not want the bullet. So It's still in my wall but the holes are patched.

Through Nextdoor, I have found out there is gun fire almost nightly in and around my neighborhood.

 

[gdr_11]

well, my op was less about the Karens and more about the Nextdoor management who are headquartered in San Francisco and put their unsolicited banner and comments about Black Lives Matter on the front page of the forum.

As a rural Texan I dont need someone from San Francisco telling me whose life matters and whose doesnt

 

[Brains]

We use FB groups in our 'hood, and they are a riot. We're pretty hard on the Karens tho.

 

[oldag]

By the end of the day about five old ladies had bitched about how the dogs could run away and eat their (unleashed) cats.

And what is wrong with that? Sounds like a good outcome to me.

 

[AustinBR]

And what is wrong with that? Sounds like a good outcome to me.

I agree. Well trained dogs will only be awesome. Loose cats are good at keeping the rat population down...until they become fat and lazy and then they are good at scratching up cars and bothering the dogs.

 

[TxStetson]

We use FB groups in our 'hood, and they are a riot. We're pretty hard on the Karens tho.

Same here, but funny coincidence, our worst Karen's name is actually Karyn.