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1. Kate Starbird (katestarbird@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 19:20:19 JST Kate Starbird

   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.

   • Machismo repeated this.
   • Don Hawkins - W7DAH (donhawkins@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 19:20:12 JST Don Hawkins - W7DAH

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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/

   • Karl (loeppel@m.fru.bar)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 12:31:32 JST Karl

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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...

   • Instrument_Data (instrument_data@livellosegreto.it)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 12:32:00 JST Instrument_Data

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     • Boiling Steam

     @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.

     Machismo repeated this.
   • Boiling Steam (boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 12:32:01 JST Boiling Steam

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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.

   • Boiling Steam (boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 12:32:06 JST Boiling Steam

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     • Instrument_Data

     @Instrument_Data @katestarbird of course the problem is centralization because you rely on a single point hence failure mode is obvious

     Decentralization is how you design robust systems.

   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 12:32:06 JST Machismo

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     • Boiling Steam
     • Instrument_Data
     @boilingsteam @katestarbird @Instrument_Data Kinda rich coming from you