LOS ANGELES—In a post to the app that garnered dozens of likes, local NextDoor user Janine Parry reportedly came right out and asked this week if it was okay to set a homeless man on fire. “Hey all, I’ve seen this guy around the neighborhood a few times, and I was wondering if anyone would mind if I doused him in…
  • Nate Cox@programming.devEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I can tell you from experience that the moderation queue there is exactly as bad as you would think, too.

    Edit: the number of “keep” votes on outright hate speech, it baffles the mind.

    • MrJameGumb@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      Oh, I’m aware! I was one of the people they would ask if a post should be taken down or not. Most of the time it would be something truly vile that I would vote to remove and 8 other people would claim was just fine 😭