M0oP0oM to NOTUSpolitics@lemmy.world · 11 months agoN.W.T. wildfire evacuees say Facebook's news ban 'dangerous' in emergency situationimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1imageN.W.T. wildfire evacuees say Facebook's news ban 'dangerous' in emergency situationM0oP0oM to NOTUSpolitics@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUnderBoob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoWell, tbf Facebook shouldn’t be used for emergency communications. There are better and more robust ways such as radio, text alerts etc.
minus-squareM0oP0oOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoYou are not wrong, but I think it is becoming more and more the norm. Last year a town I was in lost all water pressure and they only said anything on facebook, even when I was at the office they had just locked the doors without a sign or anything.
Well, tbf Facebook shouldn’t be used for emergency communications. There are better and more robust ways such as radio, text alerts etc.
You are not wrong, but I think it is becoming more and more the norm. Last year a town I was in lost all water pressure and they only said anything on facebook, even when I was at the office they had just locked the doors without a sign or anything.