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We already have an emergency messaging system called Amber Alert. Just generalize that infrastructure a bit and you're halfway there.

zodester 3y ago
+1, this system should be improved with a topic based subscription so individuals can opt-in/out of lower level alerts, but keep the ability for local governments to blast everyone in an area for emergencies
- namibj 3y ago
  That's already the case.
criddell 3y ago
I really hope they don't do this. I already turned off those alerts because there are too many of them.
- irrational 3y ago
  Why are so many children being abducted where you live?
  - criddell 3y ago
    Do you know of a better source for adrenochrome?
  - macksd 3y ago
    In some places the system is overused and alerts get issued in custody disputes, claims of abuse, etc. It doesn't always mean abducted by a predator or stranger and that's part of the problem.
    - gottorf 3y ago
      > It doesn't always mean abducted by a predator or stranger The overwhelming majority -- over 90% -- of children being abducted are taken by family[0], usually as a part of a custody dispute. [0]: https://safeatlast.co/blog/child-abduction-statistics/ https://safeatlast.co/blog/child-abduction-statistics/
      - macksd 3y ago
        Yup. And I wish they'd make it clear. Not that I think people should be allowed to take the law into their own hands, but as courts are imperfect, I get why a good and loving parent might do this. There's a world of difference in how I would respond if I saw a concerned parent with their child illegally than how I would respond if I knew I was seeing an actual child predator.
  - COGlory 3y ago
    Near a half dozen extremely impovershed reservations..
kdmccormick 3y ago
AMBER ALERT: Bike lane closure on State Street due to construction, use West Street for detour. Yeah screw that haha, I'll take the Twitter clone for anything short of actual emergency.
brewdad 3y ago
Maybe, but it would need to be treated as a separate system. I turned Amber Alerts off after being blasted awake at 2am over a missing child five hours away from me. The chances of me ever being able to help in a missing persons case is already incredibly slim. It would be impossible at 2am unless the kidnapper hides under my bed. The current system is used in a suboptimal way, at least by authorities in my state.
- ghaff 3y ago
  Yeah I have Amber alerts turned off. I guess other alerts are still on on my iPhone which is probably as close to a government alerting system as you're going to get.

zodester 3y ago

+1, this system should be improved with a topic based subscription so individuals can opt-in/out of lower level alerts, but keep the ability for local governments to blast everyone in an area for emergencies

namibj 3y ago
That's already the case.

criddell 3y ago

I really hope they don't do this. I already turned off those alerts because there are too many of them.

irrational 3y ago
Why are so many children being abducted where you live?
- criddell 3y ago
  Do you know of a better source for adrenochrome?
- macksd 3y ago
  In some places the system is overused and alerts get issued in custody disputes, claims of abuse, etc. It doesn't always mean abducted by a predator or stranger and that's part of the problem.
  - gottorf 3y ago
    > It doesn't always mean abducted by a predator or stranger The overwhelming majority -- over 90% -- of children being abducted are taken by family[0], usually as a part of a custody dispute. [0]: https://safeatlast.co/blog/child-abduction-statistics/ https://safeatlast.co/blog/child-abduction-statistics/
    - macksd 3y ago
      Yup. And I wish they'd make it clear. Not that I think people should be allowed to take the law into their own hands, but as courts are imperfect, I get why a good and loving parent might do this. There's a world of difference in how I would respond if I saw a concerned parent with their child illegally than how I would respond if I knew I was seeing an actual child predator.
- COGlory 3y ago
  Near a half dozen extremely impovershed reservations..

kdmccormick 3y ago

AMBER ALERT: Bike lane closure on State Street due to construction, use West Street for detour. Yeah screw that haha, I'll take the Twitter clone for anything short of actual emergency.

brewdad 3y ago

Maybe, but it would need to be treated as a separate system. I turned Amber Alerts off after being blasted awake at 2am over a missing child five hours away from me. The chances of me ever being able to help in a missing persons case is already incredibly slim. It would be impossible at 2am unless the kidnapper hides under my bed. The current system is used in a suboptimal way, at least by authorities in my state.

ghaff 3y ago
Yeah I have Amber alerts turned off. I guess other alerts are still on on my iPhone which is probably as close to a government alerting system as you're going to get.