Michael Grass on Nostr: Via Eli Sanders writing in The Atlantic: "Indeed, when my editor, who lives in New ...

Via Eli Sanders writing in The Atlantic: "Indeed, when my editor, who lives in New York, tested this claim, he found that it was easy to sign up for Nextdoor using a fake address and a fake name—and to become a new member of Mercer Island Nextdoor while actually residing on the opposite coast. Nextdoor would not discuss how exactly it verifies users, saying only that its process is based 'on trust.'”

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/nextdoor-local-election-misinformation-volunteer-moderation/674152/

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