<story><title>How Nextdoor courts police and public officials</title><url>https://www.citylab.com/equity/2020/05/nextdoor-local-partnerships-police-government-privacy-app/611827/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>blakesterz</author><text>Nextdoor seems to be one of those sites that divide people, especially here. I&amp;#x27;m more or less on the fence with this one. It seems decent enough in my neighborhood. Just this week it was the only place I could look to find out what exploded in the middle of the night (It was a transformer). The posts and comments tend to be pretty decent, usually. We seem to be avoiding the things that seem to be a problem in other areas, at least so far. Like the article says &amp;quot;Nextdoor has also been a hotbed of racial profiling and tattling.&amp;quot; and I&amp;#x27;ve not seen much of that here.&lt;p&gt;If anything this article says &amp;quot;Nextdoor is doing the same thing as every other company&amp;quot;, which doesn&amp;#x27;t make me less likely to use the site from time to time.&lt;p&gt;I do agree with it though... “You want a police officer who has the best interests of their specific community at heart. You don’t want a police officer who’s brand loyal.”</text></comment>
<story><title>How Nextdoor courts police and public officials</title><url>https://www.citylab.com/equity/2020/05/nextdoor-local-partnerships-police-government-privacy-app/611827/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>everybodyknows</author><text>&amp;gt;they’d stay at the Hilton Union Square, eat and drink at Cultivar, share a tour of Chinatown, and receive matching Uniqlo jackets. All costs — a projected $16,900 for the group,&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; “We look to you as influencers in your industry,”&lt;p&gt;So, turn local cops into part-time salespeople for Nextdoor, and its advertising clients.  What could go wrong?</text></comment>