Nextdoor works best when all your neighbors are members! As a member, you can invite other neighborhood residents to join.
You can also invite people who do not live in your neighborhood to join Nextdoor. When they make their Nextdoor account, they will give Nextdoor their street address. Their account will be automatically added to their neighborhood's Nextdoor site, if it has one. If their neighborhood does not have a Nextdoor site, Nextdoor will invite them to start a site for their neighborhood.
If you know a neighbor's email address, you can use it to invite them to join Nextdoor. This is the fastest procedure to let your neighbor join Nextdoor.
To send an invitation by email:
Tap ≡ at the top left corner of the screen, then tap Invite Neighbors.
Or tap + at the top right corner of the home screen, then tap .
The “ALL CONTACTS” list, which shows information from your Android's Contacts list, will come into view. You can use your finger to drag up or down to scroll through the list. Or you can search for a neighbor by their name or email address:
Tap in the “Add an email or search by name” box near the top of the screen.
Use the onscreen keyboard to type part or all of the neighbor's name. Results will come into view as you type.
Tap ○ to the left of the names of the persons you want to send invitations to.
To send an invitation to an email address that is not on the “ALL CONTACTS” list:
Tap in the “Add an email or search by name” box near the top of the screen.
Use the onscreen keyboard to type the email address.
Tap .
If you want to send an invitation to all the people on your Contacts list, tap at the bottom left corner of the screen.
To change all the email addresses you have selected to not selected, tap at the bottom right corner of the screen.
If you want, repeat the step above to select more email addresses.
Tap at the top right corner of the screen. An “Invitation” screen will come into view. The Inviting message near the top of the screen shows how many email addresses you selected.# person/people
You will see this message:
My neighborhood is using a private online network called Nextdoor.your neighborhood's name. On our Nextdoor site, neighbors share community events, recommendations, items for sale, crime reports, ideas about how to improve our neighborhood and more. I think you and your neighborhood could benefit too
If you want, use the onscreen keyboard to change the message.
When the message is satisfactory, tap at the top right corner of the screen to send the invitation.
To not send the invitation, tap < at the top left corner of the screen, then tap .
You can also use Share This App to send a person an email about Nextdoor. The email includes a link to download Nextdoor for Android.
To use Share This App:
Tap ≡ at the top left corner of the screen.
Tap Share This App.
Tap the Mail icon. A “New Message” screen will come into view.
Tap in the “To” box. Use the onscreen keyboard to type an email address.
Or, to select an email address from your Android Contact list, tap ⊕ at the right side of the “To” box.
Tap in the “Subject” box. Use the onscreen keyboard to type a subject (description) of the message.
You will see the message:
Join @Nextdoor, the private social network for neighborhoods, and start connecting with your neighbors.
The message includes a link to download Nextdoor for Android. If you want, use the onscreen keyboard to change the message. But if you want to include the link to download Nextdoor for Android, make sure not to delete or change the link.
When the message is satisfactory, tap at the top right corner of the screen to send the message.
To not send the message, tap at the top left corner of the screen. Then tap to discard the message.
When a neighbor joins Nextdoor, you will see the message neighbor's name joined on the home screen. If you want to, you can welcome the new neighbor to Nextdoor, and/or add a public message.
When you tap below a message about a new neighbor, Nextdoor members in your neighborhood can see your name. If you tap , Nextdoor members in your neighborhood can see your message.
To welcome a new neighbor, tap below the message about the new neighbor.
If one or more neighbors welcome the new neighbor before you do, you will see a number at the right side of . For example, you will see if two neighbors welcomed the new neighbor.
To send a public message to the neighbor:
Tap below the message about the new neighbor.
If one or more neighbors reply to the message before you do, you will see a number at the right side of . For example, you will see if two neighbors replied to the message.
An “Add a reply” box will come into view. Use the onscreen keyboard to type your message.
To send your reply, tap at the top right corner of the screen.
To not send a reply, tap at the top left corner of the screen.