Nonsense. They are just like any organization.
They reflect the quality of the people in it, for good or bad.
I agree with you.
I live in a community with a HOA. My influence to change things (or just maintain things) here in our community is much greater than my ability to change things in the city, state or nation.
We too have an independant Facebook site. Much of it is innuendo, speculation and sometimes lies, but everybody knows that. And we take it with a grain of salt.
I am OK with our HOA. Not everything is to my liking but I do have the opportunity to be involved and make it to my liking.
So would that be a board full of communists, or the poor saps that are the tenants?