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
@rvawonk I am mourning.. in serious grief.. for the beautiful tribe of compassionate souls, other ‘broken’ humans I connected with there.. they literally saved my life on more than one occasion.. #RIPtwitterLifeline