A few months ago, my wife told me I should sign up to use the Nextdoor app, which groups users by their neighborhood. She had used it to find a local company to service our refrigerator, and they did great. What an excellent idea for an app. Neighbors are helping neighbors. We could use it to find restaurants and events that we want to check out. There was even a space to sell items you no longer wanted in the house. This app seemed like a win-win.
A few weeks into using it, I could not wait to get rid of it. It was not the app; it was the users. The space had become a forum for passive-aggressive people who cannot give honest feedback to the individual and, therefore, must shame them in front of everyone who uses the site. One such post was from a user complaining about his neighbor. Instead of talking with the neighbor, this user shamed him in front of everyone. Not very useful. Others were using the app to complain to their children’s school teachers about taxes and everything else they could think of. It quickly became a den of negativity. The app became the latest version of reality TV, where everyone complains about everyone else when they are not in the room.
Well, it was good while it lasted on my phone. I’ll leave the negative spaces to others. Hopefully, when I have a problem with someone, I’ll talk to them directly to try and solve the issue. It’s much more constructive than using an app and being passive-aggressive.
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