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Oof, I had to delete my Nextdoor account after witnessing that same kind paranoia (with a hint of racism). The last post I read that caused me to delete my acc
by bmarquez 4y ago
Oof, I had to delete my Nextdoor account after witnessing that same kind paranoia (with a hint of racism).
The last post I read that caused me to delete my account was about an elderly woman complaining about a brown guy taking pictures of his own car on a public street. (It seemed like he was putting it up for sale, after looking at the photo "evidence" and he obviously was the owner.)
When I commented it was that it was a public street, she got all huffy and flipped out at me. And the same type of "We have to be careful!" response.
- scotty79 4y agoYeah, but is it really Nextdoor that feeds this paranoia or is it just the true face of american suburb, that some, more secure feeling americans, like yourself weren't aware of?
- edge17 4y agoI wouldn't call a self selected vocal minority the 'true face' of anything. There have always been 'get off my lawn' types, predating nextdoor. Nextdoor is also not heavily used in every single neighborhood across america. Even this conversation thread is driven by the selected group of people that participate in the specific social network in question.
- dataexporter 4y agoIts not a vocal minority from my experience. I live in a safe neighborhood in Southern California and there are hundreds of people like that here. I have seen people posting photos from their door cameras and posting warnings about seemingly normal things.
- lttlrck 4y agoit's the latter.
- ta8645 4y ago