Kansas City Keyboard Warriors & Mods Ruin Community?!?

We may not agree BUT . . . Today our favorite community news source offers insight into hyperlocal media and neighborhood organizing in the digital era . . .

The main takeaway: 

ARE FEISTY NEIGHBORHOOD FACEBOOK GROUPS WIELDING UNDUE INFLUENCE?!?

In our opinion . . . FB isn't the death of neighborhood news . . . If only because so much of the social media conversation if FAKED BY BOTS FOR NUMBERS and even the most impressive posts only reach a few dozen people who inspire faux "engagement" for faraway firms in Silicon Valley. 

However . . . This might be one small reason that newsprint remains important for neighborhoods and communities need to think beyond a single platform to distribute info . . . Either way, it's better to welcome more "conversation" if only so that nobody has a monopoly info. 

Nevertheless . . . We appreciate this insight and practical news about how media impacts locals . . . 

"The rise of the Neighborhood Facebook Page has eclipsed the Neighborhood Associations in both influence and tone by having more engagement, more influence, and more visibility than the official neighborhood association does.  This phenomenon is happening in the Historic Northeast and it’s important to highlight because either one can make or break a neighborhood."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Northeast News: A Neighborhood Shouldn’t Be Governed by Facebook Admins

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