My friend who works in crisis response was lamenting twitter's death because twitter is literally used as a primary source that is far quicker and more reliable than infrastructural sources.

People like her and @MxSelfDestruct (whose post led me to think more on this) are rightly looking for a replacement.

Albeit as someone not super versed in emergercy response, here are platform features that I think are required for the same kind of community reporting twitter uses:

• widespread usability in a public, globally centralized source (or at least source where localities can shift in size and spread - local-to-nyc vs local-to-queens vs local-to-lower-west-side vs local-to-area-around-george-washingon-bridge not being mutually exclusive/requiring multiple instances...on a global scale)

❌ mastodon ❌ discord ❌ facebook ❌ snapchat

• lightning-fast reporting and updating on said reports that is accessible via that shifting location-based area

many platforms can theoretically post quickly, but not all encourage this like twitter. ❌ however instagram has no sharing feature like the others.

• instantaneous sharing of said reports along with their updates - i.e, resharing one person's report thread carries the rest of their reports along automatically

❌ tumblr ❌ cohost

• an algorithm that detects which tags/reports are "trending" globally and in your area and aggregates them in a tab you can freely browse and contribute to with the correct tag

????

If people can think of anything else such a platform would need, or any platform that fits these requirements, feel free to comment. All my friend could think of was NextDoor 😬

Theoretically a crisis response platform with all these features could be coded without needing to also be a Social Media site, but getting people to use it is another thing.

I want to re-share my intro for those who are just arriving :)

_{also because I updated the photo and I think I look hot}