[sbe-eas] Twitter reverses its reversal: Allows free automated weather alert messages

[Lowell Kiesow]

Twitter was very useful, but under new the management, the reliability and
stability of the platform is compromised. The credibility of information
presented there has to be always considered suspect.  With no verification,
it's a bad idea to accept any kind of emergency information and act on it.
It's time to pull away from Twitter.

It's also worth noting that many respected news organizations no longer
post to Twitter, including NPR, CBS, PBS, CBC, and BBC. Twitter is also
hemorrhaging advertising income, putting its long term survival in
question.  As much as I like reading Tweets from my local NWS forecasters
and the local fire department, I feel like they should stop using it.

Lowell Kiesow
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On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 11:55 AM Aaron Read <readaaron at friedbagels.com>
wrote:

> "In response to emailed questions about how it would apply the policy,
> Twitter officials sent a poop emoji. Musk announced in March that
> would be Twitter’s standard response to media inquiries."
>
> (sigh)
>
> - Aaron
>
> On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 11:58 AM Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:
> >
> > Because Twitter's infrastructure used to be able to handle large, surge
> > capacity -- several organizations used twitter with IPAWS/WEA for
> messages
> > such as AMBER Alerts, Earthquakes, Weather alerts.  Although slower than
> > WEA, tweets can include images and longer messages.
> >
> > More common, government agencies used Twitter for informational tweets,
> > such as transit alerts and public information announcements.
> >
> >
> > In reversal, Twitter to allow free automated weather, transit tweets
> >
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/05/03/twitter-weather-mass-transit-alerts/
> >
> >
> > [...]
> > The National Weather Service had cautioned the change posed a threat to
> > public safety and told Twitter users to ensure they had other ways to
> > receive warnings of tornadoes and other weather threats. The New York
> City
> > subway meanwhile said it would pull back from the platform, which has
> > faced increased criticism since Musk took over last year that changes to
> > Twitter are making it less vital for many users.
> >
> > In a tweet posted Tuesday, Twitter said it would allow such automated
> > tweets to continue free, in the interest of “public utility.”
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