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Deleted a post on my neighborhood page that got flagged for 'misinformation' about the local water main break
A city council member named Theresa told me the automated moderation system just can't tell the difference between a warning about a real leak and someone claiming fluoride is mind control, so I stopped fighting the removal and just posted a photo of the standing water instead has anyone else had a practical news update get taken down by overzealous filters?
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kim_ramirez313d ago
Did you check if your city or county has a public works alert system you can subscribe to? I found out the hard way that Nextdoor's filters flag anything with "water main" and "warning" together because of some past drama with conspiracy posts. Now I just email the local water utility directly and they send me a plain text confirmation I can screenshot and share.
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leehall13d ago
Oh yeah, same thing happened to me with the trash pickup alerts!
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smith.parker13d ago
Kim from my neighborhood actually had the exact opposite experience with the public works alerts. @kim_ramirez3 I get what you're saying about Nextdoor being a mess sometimes, but I've found their alert system works fine if you turn off the community comments. The city emails I used to sign up for always went to my spam folder and by the time I noticed, the water was already off. Does anyone else have better luck with the text message option instead of email?
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