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NextDoor User Comes Right Out And Asks If It Okay To Set Homeless Man On Fire (www.theonion.com)

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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 56 points 10 months ago (11 children)

I know it's The Onion and they're just joking, but this is not far off from what Nextdoor app was like when I was still on there last year... I had a lengthy debate with a woman on there who had been literally stalking someone because they didn't pick up their dogs poop. She was posting pictures of his house online and taking about vandalizing his property. When I pointed out that what she was planning was illegal and was very likely to end in a physical altercation and possibly with her arrest they all turned on me pretty much instantly lol

I'm really glad I'm not on that app anymore

[–] charlytune@mander.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

I wasted time and energy arguing with some absolute whopper about composting. He suddenly went off on a tangent about the waste caused by sanitary products , presumably because I'm a woman, and that's when I realised trying to make him squirm with descriptions of menstrual cups would be an absolute waste of energy and I should just stop and leave him to his nonsense rants. Deleted the app not long after, I think that and reading a load of racist bullshit about Roma people did it for me. I found a good man with van on there, but that's the only use it's had for me.

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