I’m in a couple of neighbourhood WhatsApp groups where we sometimes organise social get togethers, and we’ve once organised a street party. One group covers my immediate neighbours, that's fairly tame. The other a much wider area and unfortunately, there are a few people who are incredibly vocal and downright vicious whenever something displeases them.
They’ve bullied a gardener who works for several families, and ostracised one family who, admittedly, had put their rubbish in other people’s bins when their own were full. I can understand the frustration, but a few people seem determined to turn every grievance into witch hunt. Anyone who tries to smooth things over risks becoming their next target.
My sister is experiencing something similar in her neighbourhood chat, where people are furious about local garages being demolished and the possibility that asbestos will delay the building work. Again a few people are spamming the chat with angry rants all the time.
It’s got me wondering if WhatsApp groups have brought back the witch-hunting mentality?
Has anyone else seen this? It's fair enough to complain but these people are raging 😅and dumping their rage on everyone else. Some of them are actually nice neighbours in rl it's online that they get mad.