Casey NewtonThere are so many ways to break a website and by the time he is done Elon will have personally overseen all of them
BTW this is why it was stupid for all those government / emergency services accounts to resume posting on Twitter. Absolutely unreliable in critical situations
happyday@caseynewton I'm wondering if we should look at the functions of Twitter like the Public Library and our cities, etc. should own their instance that gets federated. Then really rich people backed by rich people who must at all costs get their billions back or end in a cage fight won't be able to foist their reality on us.
@happyday @caseynewton wasn't that the goal of nixle? But nobody outside the agencies used nixle.
@maskdmirag @caseynewton Looking at the site, it is for emergency response. I know in my city the city uses Twitter. So in that context, Twitter was far more popular. I like that you divide out emergency service from social. But in the end, aren't emergencies a social event? I'm more looking at the social aspect. The intent of our social platforms is to not improve our lives. To not notify us. To aid in our mental collapse. so there's that. OK. I'll shut up now.
@happyday @caseynewton yeah, I get it, that's why nixle never caught on. Even though I think you could subscribe to text updates? I'm not sure.
@maskdmirag @caseynewton My take is it is very important to identify the intent. Nixl's intent is emergency. Twitters intent is to be the voice of Musk. Facebook's intent is to be cool and make money. None of these intents give a damn about our well being. Well run cities like mine care about us (to a degree, although they have greatly enjoyed Google $$ to grow the city which has caused its own unique challenges).