[hawktheslayer]

I tried Nextdoor but quickly closed the app when it was filled with rumors about who in the neighborhood isn't cleaning up after their dog. Maybe I'm throwing away the baby with the bath water, but I don't feel like I miss out on all that much by forgoing yet another social media platform vying for my attention

[mypalmike]

The nextdoor rumor mill isn't the bathwater. It is the baby.

[tshaddox]

I understand why it might be harmful (or at least annoying) to see people spreading rumors about who isn't cleaning up after their dog, but I'm curious how you might better handle the problem of people in the neighborhood not cleaning up after their dog.

[qwertay]

Install a camera on the front of your house and if you see a dog shit on the street you grab the video and forward it to authorities.

[robertcope]

I have had problems with people letting their dogs poop in my yard. What I started doing was scooping up the poop and putting it on the sidewalk. Interestingly, this seems to work.

I confronted one woman whose dog was pooping in my yard when I got home a few years ago. She came back and keyed my S2000. Of course the police did nothing.

[mosdave]

two options:

a.) you confront them when you witness them doing it b.) nothing

[stevenwoo]

The fines should be proportionate to income to pay for the program but this would work https://time.com/4552903/mislata-spain-dog-feces/

[foolinaround]

it should be for all crimes

[3np]

It is in most places I think ?)

At least every country I lived so far (not that I’m a vagrant criminal lol)

[ceejayoz]

I gave it up during the run up to the election. Felt way better off afterwards.

[adamredwoods]

I feel Nextdoor needs to heavily moderate political and racist discussions, but the person-power for this is probably too high until better AI tools come.

In the meantime, they can create more focused discussion and topics than being open-ended. Lost pets, local handymen (and women), and new shops or dining seem to be the most harmonious.

Sadly, crime reports will get comments about legality of shooting one-another, and discussions end poorly. They should turn off comments for those reports.

[hashkb]

I recently moved. My last neighborhood had aggressive moderation; by the time you clicked a notification for a political thread it'd be gone. In my new neighborhood we're still arguing about Trump yard signs.