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We have one too but it's overrun by jerks. Lots of bickering and ganging up on people.

• smt88 4y ago
  Unfortunately, I don't think it's possible to have a neighborhood-based social network that's any different. Even before the internet, this is how HOAs and small town governments behaved.
  • throwawaylala1 4y ago
    You may be right, but... and maybe I'm being naive here... if HN can do it, why can't local social networks? The amount of people in the network is even smaller than HN. I suppose the problem is finding good moderators that keep to an ethical standard and that ethical standard is different everywhere. Well I think I answered my own question lol
    • smt88 4y ago
      > Well I think I answered my own question lol I agree. HN is heavily moderated (using both automation and human intervention). The site pays for itself by being a honeypot for tech talent, which only Y Combinator companies can access. Neighborhood social networks have no similar way to monetize themselves and pay for talented moderators.
  • Nextgrid 4y ago
    However, before the internet, pettiness and other unpleasantness had a cost. You wouldn't call up an HOA meeting, send a letter or a phone call to everyone every time you see a dude that you think is "suspicious". The Internet and platforms like Nextdoor not only reduced that cost to near-zero but actually encourage and reward that behavior since they profit off this "engagement". Middle-class paranoid (and sometimes racist) dumbasses with too much time on their hands are the perfect target for a "growth & engagement" company; they're dumb but far from broke and thus a perfect target market for advertisers.