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NextDoor User Comes Right Out And Asks If It Okay To Set Homeless Man On Fire (www.theonion.com)

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[–] MrJameGumb 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

For me it was a lot of little things that reminded me too much of Facebook. Hysterical political posts, childish name calling, and otherwise normal people becoming raving lunatics because someone's dog was barking too much two blocks away. When I finally left there were a lot of people shame posting pictures and addresses of where people live because they didn't like the sign they had in the yard, or thought the grass was too long. Just overall a really toxic place.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I can tell you from experience that the moderation queue there is exactly as bad as you would think, too.

Edit: the number of “keep” votes on outright hate speech, it baffles the mind.

[–] MrJameGumb 6 points 10 months ago

Oh, I'm aware! I was one of the people they would ask if a post should be taken down or not. Most of the time it would be something truly vile that I would vote to remove and 8 other people would claim was just fine 😭