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1. wespis+8g[view] [source] 2020-06-20 20:55:06
>>pseudo+(OP)
I live in an immediate suburb of Boston, and joined Nextdoor and joined to see what features were attracting so many folks to a new social media platform. Wow! Anyone with a tattoo, going to your door for any reason was considered "suspicious" and reported. One alarming thing, is that NextDoor is feeding on our fears about outsiders who look different, and creating a loop out of this for higher engagement when people post pictures and engage their camera feed.

It's too bad, I think idea of organizing a social network based on proximity and centered around community information is a viable idea, It's just that NextDoor is doing that with our worst instincts.

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2. heavys+Tg[view] [source] 2020-06-20 21:01:45
>>wespis+8g
This has been my experience, as well. Take this type of echo chamber to its extreme, and you get this[1] kind of reaction from an entire community, where they end up chasing a Hispanic family out of town because someone said they were antifa on Facebook[2].

[1] https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2020/06/fa...

[2] https://twitter.com/RandazzoTweets/status/126860852649191014...

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