Post AXHUjIujtFUvs4hM12 by newstik@social.heise.de
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(DIR) Post #AXH0q4OLHm0wETr4Ou by katestarbird@mstdn.social
2023-07-02T04:34:35Z
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In ~2014, my colleague & I argued that social media (esp. Twitter) had become part of the critical infrastructure of disaster response. People were turning to Twitter during crises to share information about impacts and resources. Disaster responders were using the data shared there for situational awareness, and were communicating in real-time with their constituents. Today’s events underscore just how dangerous it is for society to come to rely on private platforms as critical infrastructure.
(DIR) Post #AXHT5eDbA8S2PK2ups by donhawkins@mastodon.social
2023-07-02T06:59:41Z
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@katestarbird YES, I do GET how crackpot what I am about to say will seem to all but the initiated, but “When ALL Else Fails, Amateur Radio” is not hyperbole nor is it antiquated as many assume. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/06/when-everything-else-fails-amateur-radio-will-still-be-there-and-thriving/
(DIR) Post #AXHTMIZws3WeDURKwy by jeff@federated.fun
2023-07-02T10:18:49.320364Z
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@donhawkins @katestarbird better to have and not need than to need and not have. simple as.
(DIR) Post #AXHUgAZQSJB57nEarQ by JohnMashey@mstdn.social
2023-07-02T05:01:41Z
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@katestarbird Minor nit:suggest "rely on private platforms" => ""rely on unregulated private platforms".After all, for many decades, Bell System telephony was a heavily-regulated private platform monopoly ... with stringent rules about reliability and service, and a shared goal of Universal Service, even as that meant urban/suburban subsidizing rural.
(DIR) Post #AXHUjIujtFUvs4hM12 by newstik@social.heise.de
2023-07-02T06:49:41Z
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@katestarbird Imagine the billions spent by governments and intelligence services on Twitter surveillance systems!And Musk is burning it all down, making enemies in the wrong places...
(DIR) Post #AXHUlII3BIEGVzYCvY by loeppel@m.fru.bar
2023-07-02T06:49:55Z
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@katestarbird Fully agree. But people saying this in 2008 were laughed at. Same now applies for AI and in 10 years we will regret not regulated (or created a non profit version) it when it was possible. History always repeats itself and we are shocked every single time...
(DIR) Post #AXHW4lDPxgjtgJEKSe by boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud
2023-07-02T10:51:35Z
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@katestarbird its not about private platforms its about centralized platforms. A public centralized platform would suffer the same kind of problems if not worse.
(DIR) Post #AXHzcbuxvxFzMV5nMW by silentLurker@mstdn.social
2023-07-02T16:20:15Z
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@boilingsteam @katestarbird You say that, but the emergency sirens used to get tested once a week in the little tornado alley towns I grew up in.Local television and radio were mandated to carry the message and any information local gov’t chose to share.
(DIR) Post #AXIvGaebkMI2Pee5Ls by Instrument_Data@livellosegreto.it
2023-07-03T03:08:34Z
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@boilingsteam@katestarbird Nonsense, why should a public platform be worse? The problem is not "centralization", it is who owns a centralized platform and what does with it.A public platform does not have to be profitable.
(DIR) Post #AXIxBtw4pWQofshz2e by boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud
2023-07-03T03:30:08Z
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@Instrument_Data @katestarbird of course the problem is centralization because you rely on a single point hence failure mode is obviousDecentralization is how you design robust systems.
(DIR) Post #AXIxMVd1XoAATKr3hI by Zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com
2023-07-03T03:32:04.991483Z
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@boilingsteam @katestarbird @Instrument_Data Kinda rich coming from you