If Twitter is done, so is our access to immediate information EDIT: It's Over
- Thread starter EARFQUAKE
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to a lot of people a single app for alerts is overkill, email needs to be managed if you're a heavy user of alerts and txt alerts can feel spammy. go look on the alert tweets to see users offering information or asking additional questions. all the other alternatives are one-way.
NYC is large enough that it should own it's own mastodon server and offer alert/PSA accounts for all city agencies and services using the activityPub protocol so any developer can use it in a app or site.
knickscrusaderm
lead by example
You can only believe half the shyt you see on Twitter anyway. You can get your quick fix for news from a variety of different sources.
Mindfield333
Superstar
Bluesky Social… from the creator of twitter
Reddit has always been better for information
Mindfield333
Superstar
It did. But I definitely would’ve known about more local shyt happening if I had it in college.
Mindfield333
Superstar
Yep. I only see the most depraved twitter shyt when I come on here.
a single app for alerts is overkill?
Why would you not trust the MTA's app or their website for updates?
Do you do your banking using twitter also?
Do you use twitter to send messages to your family members too?
Twitter, as it is existed over the past decade, is finished. Better to go directly to the source you need questions from, it's all a google search away anyway.
Unregistered users can no longer search or use hashtags. This damages the apps ability to be useful during disasters.
MischievousMonkey
Gor bu dëgër
So we would be back to 2008? Nightmares 
a single app for alerts is overkill?
Why would you not trust the MTA's app or their website for updates?
Do you do your banking using twitter also?
Do you use twitter to send messages to your family members too?
Twitter, as it is existed over the past decade, is finished. Better to go directly to the source you need questions from, it's all a google search away anyway.
this is overkill for what the apps provides.
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i'm not a registered twitter user but I have used as a search engine for real-time info. theres nothing that compares to it.
theres a reason google indexed tweets for years and put a lot of them at the top of results. like they do wikipedia.
IIVI
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The funny thing is, Twitter got 238 million monthly average users. Which means 7.8 billion people around the world don't use it.
In reality not as many people on it as everyone thinks.
Additionally, Twitter is becoming a little more along the lines of message-boardy lately.
As it gets closer to that, reddit starts taking more of it's user base (at least you can downvote on reddit).
For sites like this Twitter has a bigger impact because it's a smaller community and people like to wade in the negativity.
Non-toxic people who are more positive-minded however most likely avoid the app.
At over 1 billion monthly average users, there are more people doing positive/funny TikTok dance/info videos than writing long-winded Twitter rants.
If you want info and professionalism to stay on the latest real news with legit bleeding edge breakthroughs then the absolute best site is Linkedin. You can track who's working where, what teams top talent are integrating on, etc. I've learned nearly every crazy breakthrough reported on Twitter or Reddit is basically old news if you follow and monitor Linkedin. Even a respected figure in a space on Twitter announcing what team they're joining is most likely done after they've updated their Linkedin info, if they even make such an announcement (while chances are they'll likely to update Linkedin no matter).
In reality not as many people on it as everyone thinks.
Additionally, Twitter is becoming a little more along the lines of message-boardy lately.
As it gets closer to that, reddit starts taking more of it's user base (at least you can downvote on reddit).
For sites like this Twitter has a bigger impact because it's a smaller community and people like to wade in the negativity.
Non-toxic people who are more positive-minded however most likely avoid the app.
At over 1 billion monthly average users, there are more people doing positive/funny TikTok dance/info videos than writing long-winded Twitter rants.
If you want info and professionalism to stay on the latest real news with legit bleeding edge breakthroughs then the absolute best site is Linkedin. You can track who's working where, what teams top talent are integrating on, etc. I've learned nearly every crazy breakthrough reported on Twitter or Reddit is basically old news if you follow and monitor Linkedin. Even a respected figure in a space on Twitter announcing what team they're joining is most likely done after they've updated their Linkedin info, if they even make such an announcement (while chances are they'll likely to update Linkedin no matter).
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this is overkill for what the apps provides.
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i'm not a registered twitter user but I have used as a search engine for real-time info. theres nothing that compares to it.
theres a reason google indexed tweets for years and put a lot of them at the top of results. like they do wikipedia.
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If you need info from the MTA, how is it a hassle to just go to their site?
Or you sign up for the text alerts? No way they should look "spammy" if you signed up for them.