3 ms·

Road closures, youth sports/school schedule changes due to things like weather, etc. Is it possible to live without this knowledge? Of course. But it's not unr

by bpt3 18d ago

Road closures, youth sports/school schedule changes due to things like weather, etc. Is it possible to live without this knowledge? Of course. But it's not unreasonable to me that people would want to receive this sort of information or that it is of some value to them, or that they'd rather have it pushed to them in an app on their phone than have to call friends or the school office to find out whether the status of some event has changed.

asdff 18d ago
When there is a road closure it gets pushed to the systems that hook into google maps to reroute navigation. And short of that, there are also detour signs that redirect you around the obstruction. If something happened e.g. a snow day at school surely you could call the office and find that out. There is no way twitter is the sole source of that sort of information. I guarantee it is on their school website. You have to remember that the world has to work for the senile old person too.
- bpt3 16d ago
  > When there is a road closure it gets pushed to the systems that hook into google maps to reroute navigation. Sure it does, everywhere. (/s in case that isn't clear, this doesn't always happen in my area which has several Google offices, let alone other less populated areas) > And short of that, there are also detour signs that redirect you around the obstruction. Sure, which you could have avoided entirely had you known about the issue. > If something happened e.g. a snow day at school surely you could call the office and find that out. There is no way twitter is the sole source of that sort of information. I guarantee it is on their school website. School closures for weather, yes, but not everything, and often they are slow to update, and people would rather not call (and the central office would rather not field those calls). > You have to remember that the world has to work for the senile old person too. And you have to remember that not everyone seems to be seeking out inconvenience as much as you. No one is saying it's impossible to survive without push notifications about local events, they are saying that twitter became a de facto standard for that years ago because it was the best option for publishing small updates by local governments and other similar organizations, and now that twitter has devolved into its current state there is no good alternative and people are slow to change.

by bpt3 18d ago

asdff 18d ago

When there is a road closure it gets pushed to the systems that hook into google maps to reroute navigation. And short of that, there are also detour signs that redirect you around the obstruction. If something happened e.g. a snow day at school surely you could call the office and find that out. There is no way twitter is the sole source of that sort of information. I guarantee it is on their school website. You have to remember that the world has to work for the senile old person too.

bpt3 16d ago
> When there is a road closure it gets pushed to the systems that hook into google maps to reroute navigation. Sure it does, everywhere. (/s in case that isn't clear, this doesn't always happen in my area which has several Google offices, let alone other less populated areas) > And short of that, there are also detour signs that redirect you around the obstruction. Sure, which you could have avoided entirely had you known about the issue. > If something happened e.g. a snow day at school surely you could call the office and find that out. There is no way twitter is the sole source of that sort of information. I guarantee it is on their school website. School closures for weather, yes, but not everything, and often they are slow to update, and people would rather not call (and the central office would rather not field those calls). > You have to remember that the world has to work for the senile old person too. And you have to remember that not everyone seems to be seeking out inconvenience as much as you. No one is saying it's impossible to survive without push notifications about local events, they are saying that twitter became a de facto standard for that years ago because it was the best option for publishing small updates by local governments and other similar organizations, and now that twitter has devolved into its current state there is no good alternative and people are slow to change.