NextDoor Banned These 13 Posts!

From savebelmarpark.com – Link to updates at end

Struggling social media site Nextdoor published and raved about these 13 recent posts on their site.  They described the author as a ‘trusted neighbor’ who was ‘making a difference in the neighborhood’! They also repeatedly encouraged the author to keep posting and asked ‘What will you share next?’ and displayed a large button to create a new post. 

Then suddenly, the exact same posts that neighbors were ‘really interested in’ were banned with no notice and no warning as being SPAM even though Nextdoor had repeatedly encouraged the author to post such content on their site.

How could invited posts that were praised by Nextdoor become spam a few days later as alleged by Nextdoor?

A quick visit to an Internet search site revealed that Nextdoor has garnered media attention due to their horrendous content moderation typically by volunteers who rarely have related credentials and may have a personal agenda.

The three links below go into the content moderation nightmare at Nextdoor.

Toxic Moderators

Election Misinformation reported by The Atlantic

Antithesisof Community Building

WARNING to Readers – Do not mention this article or post anything even remotely related to how Nextdoor ‘moderates’ the site in their main feed. Doing so could result in account suspension or termination.

You can view the censored posts by selecting the category Banned Posts from the Deep Diving page at: https://savebelmarpark.com/deep-diving/

The 13 posts that have been BANNED from Nextdoor received at least 20,000 to 30,000 views.  One post received over 6,000 views!  They also received hundreds of comments and hundreds more positive reaction icons from readers.  The author challenged the bans but without success so far.

Here is a list of the 13 posts that Nextdoor raved about, asked for more and then banned!

1. Skinny Home in Lakewood costs ONE MILLION DOLLARS!

2. Is There A Glut of Luxury Housing?

3. The Action Center Move Raises Questions

4. Why Give a Month Free?  Why Not Lower The Rent?

5. 1/7th Acre Lot in Lakewood Costs Over ONE MILLION DOLLARS!

6. City of Lakewood Says There Is A Housing Surplus

7. Lakewood’s Up-zoning Reform Explained

8. Addenbrooke Park Mentioned As Site of New Mega Rec Center

9. Could the Pacific Palisades Fire Happen in Lakewood

10. Rec Center Subsidies vs Homeless Transitions

11. 10 to 20 Years for Affordable Housing?

12. Denver to Convert Unused Office Space to Housing

13. Rec Center Closure Facts – Part 2

The content moderation disaster gets worse!

Apparently,in the dark world of Nextdoor, it is not socially acceptable to shine a light on Lakewood city hall.  As you can see if you review these titles or read the posts, they may shed light on behavior that city hall might prefer does not get much attention.

But why would city hall have anything to do with posts on Nextdoor that are banned?  Well…….

Nextdoor actually suspended the author’s account temporarily for submitting the following comment simply asking for clarification from a city council member or anyone:

I should clarify, they initially removed the comment as disrespectful.  The author then posted the comment on Nextdoor’s main feed asking neighbors if they thought the comment was disrespectful.  Nobody thought so.  However, by discussing ND moderation in the main feed, the account was suspended.

Further, city hall has multiple avid boosters who are also Nextdoor moderators or ‘team’ members.  There is even an unverified concern that one of these team members could be a hired lobbyist working on behalf of city hall interests.  Let’s just say the deck may be stacked against anyone who is not always totally in line with city hall when it comes to having a discussion.

The author escalated the concerns about this type of biased moderation to a supposedly separate Nextdoor communication channel and as of this writing has not received a response from that escalation channel.

So why use Nextdoor in the first place?  Because it has a focused local audience and is fairly convenient to publish on the site.

Also of note, the site is struggling financially.  For the first nine months of 2025, Nextdoor reported a loss of over $50 million dollars.  Since going public in 2021, they have not shown a profit.

Alleged Violations of the Law

Nextdoor is also suspected of violating state and federal privacy laws by allegedly sharing users’ location data with Microsoft.  There is a possible class action currently under consideration.

If you had a Nextdoor account and a Microsoft Office or Outlook account anytime since 2022, you may be able to join the proposed class action at: https://www.classaction.org/nextdoor-data-privacy

(Note:This and any posts from SaveBelmarPark.com are sometimes updated with new information or corrections at SaveBelmarPark.com typically on the Deep Diving page.)