This is a real smear campaign.

Long Island City’s storied troubles with pooping pooches have reached new heights — as fed-up residents are posting pictures of pet owners who refuse to pick up after their dogs on social media to pressure them into doing the right thing.

“More people need to be called out for this!!!” one user wrote in a Reddit thread calling out a negligent dog owner. 6

“Shame shame shame until they learn a lesson. No one else is going to hold them accountable,” wrote another.

The campaign sprouted primarily on Reddit earlier this summer, and consisted of frustrated residents snapping and sharing pictures of pet owners who refuse to scoop.

“It just started to get to a point where it’s like, ‘Oh, I have to move this way, and I have to move this way, and I have t

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