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C'mon. I'm totally into tech etc and even I don't use any RSS based tools. Warning systems need to hook into the platforms people are already using. People aren
by stevage 3y ago
C'mon. I'm totally into tech etc and even I don't use any RSS based tools. Warning systems need to hook into the platforms people are already using. People aren't going to go out of their way to sign up to an alert that will probably never happen.
- SpicyLemonZest 3y agoI don't think there's any country where most people use Twitter at all, much less use it often enough that they would incidentally see an emergency alert from their local government.
- stevage 3y agoThat's an argument against using it as the sole means of communication, which no one has proposed.
- charlieyu1 3y agoTwitter is big in Japan. Same for Facebook in some countries.
- gdulli 3y agoThe point is that in an alternate reality, in the absence of terrible experiences like Twitter and Reddit controlling what we see with algorithms, RSS tools we have greater personal control of are what we could be/should be using instead.
- stevage 3y agoAssuming you trust whoever is providing the feed to not filter it, and to maintain it forever.
- midoridensha 3y agoC'mon. I'm totally into tech etc. and even I never use Twitter (er, "X") at all, and never have. Who actually uses Twitter? No one I know.
- mejutoco 3y agoI receive warnings by SMS. It seems to work fine if there is some storm danger. During covid Taiwan IIRC from an interview with Audrey Tang also used SMS with great results.