Caroline Orr BuenoI 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.
Mike Taylor 🦕@rvawonk I don't get it. You are writing "There is nothing to take Twitter's place" *on Mastodon*, which is taking Twitter's place.
@mike it’s not, though. It’s trying to provide a refuge but it’s absolutely not a replacement for Twitter nor was it ever meant to be.
@rvawonk Well, I think that is a bit disingenous. I absolutely get that it's not intended to be a one-for-one replacement (and thank goodness!) -- but at the same time, I highly doubt it would ever have been created had it not had Twitter as a model.
@mike oh sure, it’s inspired by certain elements of Twitter. That’s definitely true. But it’s not meant to take Twitter’s place, and that means a huge vacuum will open up if and when Twitter goes down.
Heikki Wilenius