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Re:Crime App 'Citizen' Lays Off Dozens of Employees by sephlietz on Thursday January 12, 2023 @12:11PM (#34356928)
In my experience, the twitter police scanner communities are dominated by racism and general hatred towards cities and city government (excluding police and other rescue).

Is Citizen the same?

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Re:Crime App 'Citizen' Lays Off Dozens of Employees by grubbs on Thursday January 12, 2023 @12:30PM (#34357302)
The comments on Citizen reports can be pretty terrible. But it seems to be moderated pretty well.
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Re:Crime App 'Citizen' Lays Off Dozens of Employees by runlevel1 on Thursday January 12, 2023 @12:33PM (#34357357)
Nextdoor seems to have that same problem.
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Re:Crime App 'Citizen' Lays Off Dozens of Employees by mrguyorama on Thursday January 12, 2023 @02:20PM (#34358955)
These apps and communities will always self select for people who are predisposed to see their neighbors and strangers as threatening. Not a lot of people who aren't already scared of their community will download a tool to "monitor" their community.
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