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When community digital spaces become toxic and divisive

Our neighborhood has a group chat that was supposed to be for practical stuff like package deliveries and block parties, but it's turned into this weird mix of passive-aggressive complaints and political arguments, and several of us want to address it but don't know how without making it worse.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A tool meant to build connection has become a source of neighborhood tension that no one feels equipped to address.

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