Jordan van den Berg's vigilante-style approach has won him fans and critics amid a housing crisis.

Three years ago, lawyer Jordan van den Berg was an obscure TikTok creator who made videos that mocked real estate agents.

But today the 28-year-old is one of the most high-profile activists in Australia.

Posting under the moniker Purple Pingers, Mr van den Berg has been taking on the nation’s housing crisis by highlighting shocking renting conditions, poor behaviour from landlords, and what he calls government failures.

It is his vigilante-style approach - which includes helping people find vacant homes to squat in, and exposing bad rentals in a public database - that has won over a legion of fans.

Some have dubbed him the Robin Hood of renters.

  • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
    210·
    7 months ago

    There are already communities for news for literally every country. Why is America left out with North Korea to be excluded?

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      10·
      7 months ago

      America isn’t left out. “News” is exclusively US News. “Politics” is exclusively US Politics.

      • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
        27·
        7 months ago

        Ever heard the arguments against segregation? America goes on an island while world news is just “everyone but America”?

        How about everyone gets their own news community and world news is whatever affects more than one country rather than whatever happens in a not-America country?

          • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
            26·
            7 months ago

            And this one here is for haters to specifically exclude a specific group.

        • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
          41·
          7 months ago

          Ever heard the arguments against segregation?

          Right? Why should I be subbed to a different community to get my latest sports news? Or to hear what’s happening in Helldivers? That’s news too! Segregation is bad!

          It’s all on Lemmy dude. People can freely access any Lemmy community and add it to their feed to access that news. You’re just complaining you can’t force something on them that they aren’t interested in (because if they were they’d already be subbed to the appropriate communities).