Also, the idea NextDoor has a desire to "reform" their userbase or target market or whatever is something I simply don't believe unless definitively proven othe

Also, the idea NextDoor has a desire to "reform" their userbase or target market or whatever is something I simply don't believe unless definitively proven otherwise, if it's even possible. The entire premise of the OP is an app that realized it could literally sell fear to people and profit! Why should anyone believe NextDoor is different, especially when the prevailing meme is that it's mostly the same already? The second the numbers come back and say "Selling fear will make the most money in the long run", they'll absolutely go in on it whole-heartedly, if they haven't already. It's strange, but I suspect that all the various business models that revolve around "Turn every single person in society into a policeman in a panopticon" might just be fundamentally bad, and not capable of reform or realignment.