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tomstafford

@danhon just to reinforce what we all seem to have to keep relearning - you can't depend on a private company for a public good

1 Jul 2023 at 2:55 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.online
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Lotus Blossom

@danhon @tomstafford I’ve always felt public institutions should not be relying on these platforms for communication. At this point we really do need some sort of publicly owned or regulated platform for this. Not that different from electricity, phones, and water lines really.

1 Jul 2023 at 3:31 | Open on hachyderm.io
leandrofelgueiras

@underthestars @danhon @tomstafford i never thought about it this way but it makes total sense

1 Jul 2023 at 10:00 | Open on mastodon.social
irizoris@hcommons.social

@underthestars @danhon @tomstafford Here in Nashville, power outages are announced on Twitter. Lots of public and emergency announcements go through Twitter and Facebook. Years ago, the daily newspaper The Tennessean played this role: I worked tbere when the gas supply dried up because of hurricanes, calling gas stations and answering phones of people calking us to know. Alas, the newpaper too was a private Gannett-owned platform, which has turned into a shadow. There seems to be no stable public communication platform, certainly not in Nashville where I live.

@underthestars @danhon @tomstafford Here in Nashville, power outages are announced on Twitter. Lots of public and emergency announcements go through Twitter and Facebook. Years ago, the daily newspaper The Tennessean played this role: I worked tbere when the gas supply dried up because of hurricanes, calling gas stations and answering phones of people calking us to know. Alas, the newpaper too was a private Gannett-owned platform, which has turned into a shadow. There seems to be no stable public...

1 Jul 2023 at 11:35 | Open on hcommons.social
Draken BlackKnight

@irizoris @underthestars @danhon @tomstafford Forget about emergency alerts on AM radio. Car manufacturers are getting rid of those.

1 Jul 2023 at 11:50 | Open on mastodon.online
Deborah Hartmann Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦

@tomstafford @danhon seems we need to invent Government to ensure public goods. Oh, wait … :-\

1 Jul 2023 at 9:36 | Open on mstdn.ca
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