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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ours is toxic.

It has some useful information, but our local FB sites are much better for information on what's going on, where the sirens were going, recommendations, etc. Plus they're entertaining and engaging. Because people are identified, they tend to be kind.

Our local Nextdoor has some really nasty people out there using fake identities. I've witnessed someone asking an innocent question, and one of these anonymous folks jumped on that individual and started a war against that individual. Then you have an avalanche of misplaced angry comments against the hapless individual who asked an innocent question. They tear that person to shreds. It can be hundreds of mean comments.

I don't like that. I thought our site was boring and basically useless, and the above incident convinced me it was not for me.

Sounds like another website we all use.[/quote]

No.

What I'm talking about is very different. Another poster besides myself also pointed out this phenomenon. It's like an online lynch mob mentality that gets out of control. It's vicious, and it's mindless. I think it's a fascinating insight into human nature. There is no moderator, at least in our locality.[/quote]

I don’t know about moderators but they do have reviewers who field reports of inappropriate posts. Except the reviewers, however they are chosen, are some of the biggest offenders. We have one lady who uses ND to rage against anyone and everyone she decides offends her or will get her attention. She also fabricates half the things she posts. And yet she is a reviewer. The whole thing is toxic. [/quote]

It’s a platform for misfits and social losers, to be blunt. People who can’t get social traction no matter how hard they try use Nextdoor to rile things up through gaslighting, accusation, total lies, and buffoonery. We have one in our neighborhood who is infamous. When you are a topic at neighborhood gatherings, you might want to rethink things. [/quote]

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