It'd be good to have a way to avoid sundown towns, too. I wouldn't personally be subject to hate but I don't want to accidentally give them any of my time or money.
a) Keeping and curating a list of sundown towns (or choosing some 3rd party who's list they like) is exactly the kind of issue big tech shouldn't be wading into.
b) I'm going to laugh my butt off when they, in an attempt to be neutral, define it algorithmically and all the rich waspy inner ring suburban enclaves that HN loves because "good schools" wind up on the list too.
> Keeping and curating a list of sundown towns (or choosing some 3rd party who's list they like) is exactly the kind of issue big tech shouldn't be wading into.
I don't see why -- but if that's the case, they could simply offer a way to let users exclude[0] towns the user chooses. As a bonus, this would work for more than sundown towns. Let's say you don't want to go through a town where your ex lives, or whatever.
0: I really mean "increase the cost of travel through these regions" so the app will try to avoid them rather than never send the user through them.
Why do you think tech companies shouldn't make the equivalent of a little green book available? Do you think they (or a third party) will get it wrong?
