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Re:WTF Nextdoor? Over 130 clicks to disable email and push n... by hourago on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @07:17AM (#31822603)
> the breaking point was when someonea put out a warning that someone had knocked on their door at 7:00pm, “the wife and i were eating dinner when the rude knock came. we crept over to the window, peeked out, and didn’t recognize the person. be careful!”

Fear and hate drive engagement. If engagement is their metric that is how they will get it.

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Re:WTF Nextdoor? Over 130 clicks to disable email and push n... by loudmax on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @08:50AM (#31823268)
I don't know that fear and hate are the only drivers of engagement, but they do seem to be easy drivers of engagement. If some social network succeeds in basing their drivers on empathy and social responsibility I hope they displace Facebook.
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