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Milestones – Fair Play? Not at Nextdoor – Opinion

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Publisher Miles Barber talks about recent issues with Nextdoor and how the "community" site has become a hotbed of censorship.

When we were kids, we were always told to “play fair,” not to cheat. We were taught the rules apply to everyone. Except … there were cheaters. Now, as we have matured, the cheaters have as well. These are the folks that make up their own opinions, including half-truths or no-truths and post online their … Read more

Banned Users Decry Nextdoor’s Lack of Transparency

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Nextdoor is supposed to be a forum for neighborhood discussion but its lack of transparency has some users angry and frustrated.

Nextdoor is supposed to be a forum for discussing neighborhood issues, a place where users can gripe about the potholes not being fixed or the split-bin food scrap program. But some people believe it is devolving into a soapbox for toxic political rhetoric, an echo chamber that stymies political dissidents. With its Spartan interface and … Read more