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Here's How Nextdoor Decimated Racial Profiling On Its Site

Nextdoor decreases user friendliness in an effort to combat racial profiling on the site.

Here's How Nextdoor Decimated Racial Profiling On Its Site
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[DIGEST: NPR, Fusion, Wired, The New York Times]

With most things on the internet, user ease is king. As a general rule, the fewer steps, the better for the user—and by extension, for the website. But Nextdoor, the popular neighborhood social media app, has broken this cardinal rule, deliberately making its website harder to use.

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