Ricky R.

Where to even start, aside from the obvious bias from our local patch, up until patch removed the ability to comment on local stories, the moderation team would delete comments of those who questioned the narrative, or didnt support leftist ideologies. There was an obvious double standard for anyone who appeared to have conservative veiws, especially when certain users only used their first names or went by some alias (its a hyper local news site, most people commenting are neighbors, some were unhinged enough to possibly cause harm in the real world)

Accounts were removed with no obvious violation of the TOS, no way to appeal the decision, any emails to the company went unanswered. Double standards when it came to enforcement of the TOS, with many leftist users getting away with insults, threats, and more.

Our patch editor, Dave, would jump into the comment section after looking up commenters to get information about them, if the user was going under a pseudonym, he would ridicule that user. He was very sensitive when it came to anyone criticizing his articles. He was the only editor for numerous towns in the area.

Patch would regularly turn the comments off certain topics that many people wished to comment on, such as the vice president visiting, articles regarding gun control, and anything that they didnt want anyone to discuss

There are also hundreds of ads per page, with some looking as if they were actually part of the website, some lead users to dangerous websites used to steal personal information.

Too many fakes and flakes, I like the concept of it. For what the site is, there is too much censorship, and a lack of filters is frustrating. Also there's a few users who spam post after post, and take up space.