Comment on Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About Missing 14-Year-Old
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 3 days agoif you read the article, you’d find out that the alert linked to the X post. it could be linking to a dedicated webpage instead, which wouldn’t require logging in.
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 days ago
It should be linked to another page. Social media should never the be the primary source for anything like this.
lena_be_a_saint@feddit.nl 3 days ago
Yes, use the POSSE principle: post own site, syndicate elsewhere
floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Especially Musk’s far-right propaganda platform. Public and media organizations need to stop using it.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Social media should never be someone’s primary website too. IMO. But people are lazy.
They don’t even want email anymore, they want you to message them with X or Instagram or whatever.
umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Not even another page should be the primary source. That page should be a secondary for updates. The alert itself should have included all the actionable details.
desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
can/should the protocol used to deliver emergency alerts support images/video, if so what formats and size limits?
umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Doesn’t have to, I think. Text is actually quite adequate. Sure, images are great but that’s only for a subset of alerts, like AMBER. You don’t really need images or video for alerts like floods, hurricanes, or even missile incoming alerts. For those you only need an address or coordinates that can point people to the closest shelter. Yeah, not all people are not familiar with the surroundings (like traveling) but in that kind of scenarios every people around you will pool together and get to the same location.