Platform urbanism and social exclusion: Nextdoor and social sorting

Interesting article in the light of digital platforms, social exclusion, and the right to the city.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnea4/los-angeles-nextdoor-election-homelessness

The Nextdoor Election

Los Angeles’s election was a bleak referendum on how much the rich hate looking at homeless encampments.

There are only two things that people talk about on Venice Beach’s Nextdoor, the hyperlocal social network. Homelessness, and lost dogs. 

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