Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections

Re:Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections by volkk on Friday June 26, 2020 @05:19PM (#23657168)

That's a solid point and I wonder if the reason is simply because of the way its marketed and the initial userbase that sort of paved the way for the rest of the app. When I hear of nextdoor, I simply think of local Karens screaming about kids being too loud outside. Sure, there are some decent conversations happening too, but mostly its got that vibe. It's not really touted as a "lets chat about anything" tool, mostly just local neighborhood gossip (at least where I live, and I live in a "cool/hip" neighborhood, can't imagine how bad it is in the suburbs).

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Re:Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections by unexpected on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:25PM (#23658477)

NextDoor is the way it is because they don't do any content moderation at NextDoor HQ - they depend on local "Leads" to do the work. Unfortunately, this model doesn't work. The same person that wants run your HOA and drive you crazy is the same person that becomes a Lead.

Once one Lead gets in, only they themselves can promote another person to Lead. In my neighborhood, we had one thoughtful Lead, and one insane Lead. The thoughtful lead carefully deliberated about adding more Leads, while the insane Lead picked her cronies - and then eventually "overthrew" the thoughtful Lead.

NextDoor has terrible content moderation and no penalties for infringing users. It's absolutely vile, amplifying the most minority of opinions with no consequences.

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Re:Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections by snapetom on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:55PM (#23658627)

Huh, the moderation issues are one problem with it and now when you put it that way, sounds an awful lot like the moderation system of reddit. And we know how great that is. /s

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Re:Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections by unexpected on Monday June 29, 2020 @11:54AM (#23678715)

Sure, but at least on reddit, if you don't like a moderation style, you can set up a competing sub-reddit r/fitness to r/advancedfitness, or r/weightlifting to r/powerbuilding to r/bodybuidling to r/naturalbodybuilding - the opportunities are endless.

No such alternative exists on NextDoor. Don't like the content or moderators? Your only choice is stop participating. I have no idea why NextDoor thinks that is good for their business model. Over time the site will just be populated with Karens.

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Re:Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections by snapetom on Friday June 26, 2020 @05:45PM (#23657421)

It's terrible at least in my burbs.

The cynic in me thinks that Nextdoor is just proof that the fundamental thing that makes social media terrible - being a megaphone for egos, pettiness, and narcism - are not overcome by real identities and scope. In my group, there are people that like to stir the pot, and then there are people that love reacting to the stir.

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