Goddamn some people need to seriously chill tf out
Nextdoor and other neighborhood apps are really eye-opening about how paranoid a lot of people are.
So much “This man came to my front door to try to break in!” when it’s clearly a door-to-door salesman. And then there’s always that one responder that implies they would’ve had their gun ready…
I had to stop using Next Door entirely.
I set my neighborhood up years ago because I thought it was just a fantastic idea for a place to reach out to people who actually live near you. Reality has not borne that out.
ND seems like the place to go if you hate yourself and your neighbors and you really want everyone to know about it. It was like 70% busybodies and paranoid old people, 20% lost pet reminders, and 10% people being horrible to each other via the comments on the other 90%.
Also, I am now painfully aware of how much people hate the homeless. Just loathe and despise them for the crime of existing; while blissfully unaware that it’s just because they’re scared of how close they are to being homeless themselves.
What keeps me checking every so often is the 1% of the time that it’s actually something that people are concerned about.
Like a legitimate garage/car break in, or “Hey, does anyone know who we contact to deal with ___”
Meanwhile the one I was in out in the country was all potlucks and ‘how do I do this?’ and notes on roaming pets (neighbor had a Great Pyrenees that loved to visit everyone on the mountain).
I wonder if the madness cuts in at a certain density.
There’s a lady that pops up on mine because she replies to anyone’s post within 20 miles with unhelpful and unsolicited advice. I call her Peggy Hill.
I suggest you give her a copy of How to be helpful and solicited; it might save someone’s life.
I mean, there’s always been busybodies and people with way too much time on their hands that spend their days peering out the window too much and making up weird fantasies about what goes on outside. ND just gave them a platform to share their crazy with other people that are just as nuts.
NextDoor is on the next level of paranoia and fear-mongering. There is a lady in my that posts about “gunshots” like every other day. We live in an ultra-safe suburban neighborhood, and I can assure you there are no gunshots. She is far from the only crazy person on there.
NextDoor is a really cool idea for a website. I joined hoping to find local activities, and social groups that I’d fit into. Instead, all i found was people arguing about trump. What the hell is wrong with people online these days?
This is what happens when technology is made super easy to use and convenient - every idiot imaginable will use it. Adding even a minor technical barrier to entry will limit the stupid. Like the equivalent of adding a floor-to-ceiling turnstile to the door. You know, the ones made of horizontal bars that look like they want to eat you. A minor requirement of technological comprehension will filter out a lot of idiots. Lemmy kinda works on a similar principle.
I used ND for about one minute. All the posts were full-tilt Fox News terror about teenagers walking down the street laughing or some equally trivial thing. It really makes me sad that this is the headspace people are in about their neighborhoods and communities; it’s no wonder everyone’s so bitter, angry, and lonely.
“A car I never saw before parked at my neighbor’s house. Should I call the cops?”
“Some young hooligan was banging on my door and I was terrified for my life! I think they were on drugs!”
Meanwhile, the Girl Scout trying to sell cookies walks away sadly.
teenagers walking down the street laughing.
Nextdoor sounds like localized Facebook on PCP.
With a very real chance to accidentally run into these people in real life !
I once saw a lady walking around town with a bag occasionally making symbols on the sidewalk with white powder. My main reaction was how cool it was to have witches active in the neighborhood.
People using Next Door have the most garbage takes about anything
4th of July, New Years and Fiesta, the fireworks freak outs are inevitable. Or my favorite is the bitching about a music venue that’s been there longer than they have.
If you move in next to a music venue, you kinda know what you’re getting into. Can’t blame anyone but yourself
But when you’re home, you are within reason for wanting to control the confines of that space. I understand that people who are more extroverted than me will make more noise on weekends or special days, so I don’t care. But I also don’t blame people for wanting quiet spaces, the world is constantly loud and stimulating. Your home doesn’t have to be (if you like the quiet).
