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    Commentary: Nextdoor, where paranoia lives

    by Joel Stein, Los Angeles Times May 02, 2018 4 minutes

    Three years ago, a friend suggested I join Nextdoor. Signing on to this hyper-local online bulletin board accessible to only verified residents would let me see my ridiculous, spoiled neighbors fight about how one's nanny gave another's kid a piece of gluten at the park. "You'll have a lot of fun with it," she said.

    I have not had a lot of fun with it.

    Sure, Nextdoor has some amusing low-level griping, missing pets and used furniture for sale. But mostly Nextdoor is a local news show anchored by George Zimmerman. Nextdoor's popular posts all come from the "Crime

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