Rotten Neighbor has been featured on Today, Good Morning America, CNN, Yahoo, MSN, Google, and a host of other media outlets. At its peak, Rotten Neighbor received >100k hits per day.
Pixeldust utilized the Google Maps API to build a unique real estate engine that allows users to search their addresses, post information on neighbors’ houses, comment, and vote on posts. Email notifications are sent to update users any time a new post is made on the neighborhood. Users can also rate a neighborhood according to noise, safety, appearance, services, traffic, and the neighborhood overall, and submit a post to del.icio.us, Digg, reddit, and Yahoo. Pixeldust also built a photo/video contest section where users can vote for “The Most Rotten Neighbor in America,” and the winners receive a cash prize.
Pixeldust created several non-standard social media features including Creep Alerts, Neighbor Notes and Neighbor Navigation. Creep Alerts notifies users by email any time a sex offender moves within a certain mile radius of their home. Working with Family Watchdog, Pixeldust created an application to continuously update sex offender registrants on the RottenNeighbor map through the Watchdog database. Likewise, Neighbor Navigation provides users information on local home sales, foreclosures, schools, and nearby establishments. Neighbor Notes allows users to generate a PDF and anonymously send their neighbor a note or complaint.
