4 Comments
Commenting has been turned off for this post
⭠ Return to thread
Tom Hayden's avatar

The District has no power to control which groups use their name and which groups do not, they're a government entity and don't have a trademark on the name and couldn't even if they wanted to. I could change my name to "District 65 Official Fart Blog" and there's nothing they could do. I'm not sure what resolution you'd expect with this.

I don't understand why people get so riled up about this group. You're under no obligation to be a member or read it. It's not really used for distribution of information, so it's not like you need to be in it. Just don't read it?

Expand full comment
MCD's avatar
Mar 12Edited

They have a thousand plus folks, and five of them dominate the conversation in a toxic and uncompromising way. It’s not helpful or representative of Evanston or the D65 community.

Expand full comment
Tom Hayden's avatar

That's why there are alternatives now and I'm trying to bridge the gap with a relatively free speech comment section compared to the rest of the local blogs and groups. I haven't banned anyone in a few months since the guy who called me a "fake journalist"

Expand full comment
Tim's avatar

My guess is most people treat the group like a Gaper’s Block. Until people leave it the outrage factory will continue to crank out rage bait.

Expand full comment