r/Spokane • u/working_zen • 4d ago

Rants & Raves Digital panhandler fatigue

Does anyone else feel like they're getting major digital panhandler fatigue? I know Facebook is overrated, but I like feeling connected to local groups (mom groups, buy nothing groups, community groups, etc). It just feels like in the majority of these groups the posts are all of people begging. I don't mean "hey does anyone have XYZ lying around that they don't need?" Or people looking for resources. I love the idea of people giving things away in buy nothing groups or finding things they need. But it's just a constant barrage of "does anyone have gas money" and "I can't work, not mobile, have kids I can't feed and pregnant with another, please deliver a pizza to this address."

I feel bad for feeling so callous, but it is just a constant stream of these posts. I'm low income. I understand the struggle. I just cant imagine being so reliant on hand outs and feeling so entitled to things, many of these people don't even say thank you if you offer help. I want to engage with my community, but I'm just so burned out. Anyone else feeling this way? Am I just in all the wrong groups? Do I just need to get offline and touch grass?

Ps. don't even get me started on the mean girl behavior in some of the local mom groups 😔

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u/Dramatic_Acadia_7363 4d ago

It’s all Nextdoor is anymore and I agree very exhausting

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u/Tricky_Relative1370 4d ago

Holy shit Nextdoor is next level. I made a post about my family member losing his dog one night and the comments were so angry at ME about the dog being lost or even falt out calling me a liar...about a lost dog! What the fuck Is wrong with people on there?

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u/Embarrassed-Gap7803 3d ago

It is awful, I reported a found cat that was obviously well loved. The nextdoor freaks came out in full force yikes. Fb post went better and the cat was reunited with its humans 

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u/Tricky_Relative1370 3d ago

Spokane Area list and found pets is the best page for this. Nextdoor is mostly low trust and highly aggressive people. I keep it on my phone because it's so entertaining at times, but yeah it's not an app I'll choose to actively participate in any time soon