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It's tsunami warnings. Do you not want your family to have those? Who gives a shit if they get to spread that information for free, it's not like Twitter's owne

It's tsunami warnings. Do you not want your family to have those? Who gives a shit if they get to spread that information for free, it's not like Twitter's owner couldn't afford it. FFS, it's like I live in a parallel universe.

Ekaros 3y ago
Why not build some system for it then if it is that important? Send automatic SMS to everyone subscribed, or emails... Or build applications on all possible devices? The possibilities are endless.
- Jcowell 3y ago
  One of the strengths of twitter is that you’re able search things you are not subscribed to. It has the ability to act as a Google for current events. If aliens were to arrive by tomorrow and you wanted a quick means to know if anyone else was seeing this shit , twitter would have (probably still is) the best means of finding out so in real time. Similarly this can be the same in the event of a disaster. The event earthquake in Turkey is a good example of this.
- AlotOfReading 3y ago
  They did [1]. The SMS pipeline they built originally relied on Twitter, which deprecated that functionality. Now they're entirely deprecating all of the useful automated posting as well. Why is this the hill you want to die on? Tsunami warnings are unequivocally a public good. [1] https://www.tsunami.gov/?page=productRetrieval https://www.tsunami.gov/?page=productRetrieval
  - ethanbond 3y ago
    Well syncophants wouldn’t be useful if they were ever able to blend it with a modicum of common sense or dignity.
- altairprime 3y ago
  They already use regional and national emergency warning systems, which are tied into all of those things already. They were additionally doing Twitter, not exclusively.
- olliej 3y ago
  The NWS like many emergency alert systems has numerous methods for broadcasting alerts. The goal is to ensure that as many people as possible receive those alerts. There are people who use twitter but don't have their radios set to the various NWS radio services, frequently people don't even listen to the radio at all anymore. Similarly most people don't use an rss reader any more so their RSS feeds don't reach those people, and even the people who do use them don't check rss feeds as frequently as social media. All you need for a twitter feed to be valuable is some number of people who use twitter, but don't listen to the radio, don't regularly check the NWS rss feed, don't have hardware to receive the wireless alert system signals, etc. If there is such a group of twitter users then there's a group of people who can now receive alerts that would not otherwise be available.

Ekaros 3y ago

Why not build some system for it then if it is that important? Send automatic SMS to everyone subscribed, or emails... Or build applications on all possible devices? The possibilities are endless.

Jcowell 3y ago
One of the strengths of twitter is that you’re able search things you are not subscribed to. It has the ability to act as a Google for current events. If aliens were to arrive by tomorrow and you wanted a quick means to know if anyone else was seeing this shit , twitter would have (probably still is) the best means of finding out so in real time. Similarly this can be the same in the event of a disaster. The event earthquake in Turkey is a good example of this.
AlotOfReading 3y ago
They did [1]. The SMS pipeline they built originally relied on Twitter, which deprecated that functionality. Now they're entirely deprecating all of the useful automated posting as well. Why is this the hill you want to die on? Tsunami warnings are unequivocally a public good. [1] https://www.tsunami.gov/?page=productRetrieval https://www.tsunami.gov/?page=productRetrieval
- ethanbond 3y ago
  Well syncophants wouldn’t be useful if they were ever able to blend it with a modicum of common sense or dignity.
altairprime 3y ago
They already use regional and national emergency warning systems, which are tied into all of those things already. They were additionally doing Twitter, not exclusively.
olliej 3y ago
The NWS like many emergency alert systems has numerous methods for broadcasting alerts. The goal is to ensure that as many people as possible receive those alerts. There are people who use twitter but don't have their radios set to the various NWS radio services, frequently people don't even listen to the radio at all anymore. Similarly most people don't use an rss reader any more so their RSS feeds don't reach those people, and even the people who do use them don't check rss feeds as frequently as social media. All you need for a twitter feed to be valuable is some number of people who use twitter, but don't listen to the radio, don't regularly check the NWS rss feed, don't have hardware to receive the wireless alert system signals, etc. If there is such a group of twitter users then there's a group of people who can now receive alerts that would not otherwise be available.