Nextdoor mails you a postcard for validation, and your address has to be within ...

gruez · on Oct 10, 2017

I'm sure you can convince someone to "lend" their address to you for some $$ so you could create some accounts. Plus if you maintain good opsec with those accounts + compare the posts between the two accounts (to make sure there aren't any "watermarks" in the posts), it would be impossible for them to catch you.

fma · on Oct 10, 2017

You'd have to find a pretty stupid home owner to agree to let a stranger mail stuff to their address...you know mailing contraband and all that.

Better idea is to find a home for sale without a tenant and claim that as your address and hound the mailbox for the next few days.

I also don't think Nextdoor carss about duplicate accounts. I kept my account from my old neighborhood and created a new one for my current home using another email address. I don't try to hide it... Same name, I address etc.

smt88 · on Oct 10, 2017

They used to do this. I recently joined with no verification at all somehow. So did my girlfriend.

nradov · on Oct 10, 2017

Nextdoor uses a variety of address verification methods including public record checks. Only a subset of users receive mailed postcards.

andrewaylett · on Oct 10, 2017

A local newspaper probably has local reporters, so they can just use their home address?