SF’s appalling street life repels residents – now it’s driven away a convention

Re:SF’s appalling street life repels residents – now it’s dr... by beatpanda on Monday July 02, 2018 @04:41PM (#17445164)

Going to need a citation here, because all of the data says things are getting better. I live in SF, I have worked in mid-market and I edited the Street Sheet and worked directly with homeless people for several years. I'm not super interested in your one anecdote about the one time a homeless person scared you.

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Re:SF’s appalling street life repels residents – now it’s dr... by dang on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @01:14AM (#17447710)

Please don't turn uncivil, even if someone is wrong about homelessness. It helps nothing to damage the site you're contributing to.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:SF’s appalling street life repels residents – now it’s dr... by beatpanda on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @01:23PM (#17452013)

Spreading misinformation is cool though huh

There is currently a well-funded political campaign, backed by VC money, to change conservatorship laws in California to snatch homeless people off the street and involuntarily institutionalize them. You are doing serious harm by allowing people to spread misinformation here without challenging them, and punishing people doing the thankless work of correcting them.

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Re:SF’s appalling street life repels residents – now it’s dr... by dang on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @03:28PM (#17452981)

Of course it isn't cool, but it's impossible to prevent people from being wrong on the internet. The question is how to correct misinformation when it appears. If you blame people and snark at them, that reinforces them in the error. Worse, you discredit the truth in the eyes of the neutral audience who might be persuadable, but react adversely to the hostility. Your comment upthread was much better, especially because it provided an alternate source.

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