XPost: alt.fan.usenet
From: bashley101@gmail.com
On 8/17/24 1:31 PM, Rich wrote:
> In comp.misc The Real Bev wrote:
>> On 8/17/24 12:45 PM, D wrote:
>>>
>>> What is this nextdoor thing? I have heard about it on usenet, but I
>>> think it must be some US thing that has not yet reached europe.
>>
>> It's sort of like facebook, but divided into neighborhoods (literal
>> neighborhoods, maybe 1 mile or so in diameter). It's clunkier than
>> facebook, but there's local stuff that makes it kind of useful --
>> especially since the local newspaper now has ONE page of actual local
>> news if we're lucky.
>
> I've also heard (but never signed up) that /some/ local 'nextdoor'
> groups are also very "group think" and attack anyone who dares post
> something that they interpret as "outside the group think bubble".
>
> In part I never signed on because in my area, it is one where the
> probability of "group think nazi's" being on nextdoor and policing the
> group is over 50%. So I never bothered.
I think stupidity and ignorance count for a lot of that. People are
heavily Democratic here, even if it's NOT in their best interests. I
think it's because the Dems are perceived as "nice" rather than mean
like the conservatives. I try and be civil because these people can
easily find out where I live, but sometimes I fail miserably.
The format encourages stupidity. It also doesn't publish posts in any
rational fashion. Perhaps 5 days later somebody's coyote warning gets
posted. And people are afraid of coyotes, which are not uncommon even
though this is a residential suburb -- we're half a mile from the
foothills. We also have bears who like the swimming pools, hot tubs and
garbage cans. Closest bear removal (tranquilize, heave into pickup,
take to mountains) was 2 blocks away.
--
Cheers, Bev
"Do not try to solve all life's problems at once -- learn to
dread each day as it comes." -- Donald Kaul
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