Caroline Orr BuenoNov 17, 2022

I spoke to TIME magazine about the vital role that Twitter plays in crisis- and disaster-related communication — serving as a hub for firsthand witness/survivor accounts, news gathering, emergency alerts & guidance, real-time updates on closures & safe passageways, direct contact with emergency services, etc — and how catastrophic it would be to lose this, especially since we have nothing to take its place yet.

https://time.com/6233609/uva-shooting-twitter-crisis/

Twitter Was Once Vital In a Crisis. The UVA Shooting Shows It Won’t Be Easy to Replace

If Twitter as we know it is lost, experts say a critical communication tool for responding to crisis situations will be lost.

Time
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@rvawonk Mastodon can absolutely replace Twitter, the only question is whether people want to replace it or not.
Nov 18, 2022 at 12:51amWeb