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Are you serious Twitter? In the middle of an earthquake disaster in Turkey where people try to collect list of people alive under the rubble?

by code51 4y ago

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kimbernator 4y ago
Sounds like Turkey blocked twitter anyways
- code51 4y ago
  It's back on now (mostly)
  - sillysaurusx 4y ago
    In Turkey? That’s interesting. I wonder what changed. Where’d you learn about that?
    - code51 4y ago
      People pressured for Twitter to open. Prominent figures on live TV mentioned this as well, loud and clear.
nolok 4y ago
Doesn't matter, Erdogan just blocked Twitter again because people were asking why was the government not being competent and where were the funds from the special earthquake relief tax.
- deleted 4y ago
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rejectfinite 4y ago
Twitter is not really the platform for that type of organizing. They are 100% on Whatsapp though. There is always going to be something happening somewhere also.
- code51 4y ago
  You're aware that this has affected Turkey and Syria, in Turkey affected 10 cities, basically erased half of them from the map, right? This is not any disaster. This is the disaster after 99. Plus, please do not assume that people are only trying to use Twitter. They post addresses of loved ones to anywhere they can find: Twitter, Instagram, FB, Tiktok, local social media etc. and surely Whatsapp before all these. However, the very nature of posting openly in social platforms are different than platforms which are predominantly used for private communication. People cannot think of building massive groups through Whatsapp. Plus, there's a barrier to reach hub people.
  - rejectfinite 4y ago
    >You're aware that this has affected Turkey and Syria, in Turkey affected 10 cities, basically erased half of them from the map, right? Yup! And they squandered it. See comment here: Imagine if the money had been spent on seismic retrofitting so that fewer buildings would collapse during an earthquake? Los Angeles spent $1.3 billion to retrofit more than 8,000 of their most vulnerable buildings. With much lower cost of labour and a $30 billion pot, Turkey should have been able to retrofit far more buildings. https://old.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/10xyybj/eu_plz_gib_more_monies/ https://old.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/10xyybj/eu_p...

Are you serious Twitter? In the middle of an earthquake disaster in Turkey where people try to collect list of people alive under the rubble?

by code51 4y ago

Are you serious Twitter? In the middle of an earthquake disaster in Turkey where people try to collect list of people alive under the rubble?

deleted 4y ago

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kimbernator 4y ago

Sounds like Turkey blocked twitter anyways

code51 4y ago
It's back on now (mostly)
- sillysaurusx 4y ago
  In Turkey? That’s interesting. I wonder what changed. Where’d you learn about that?
  - code51 4y ago
    People pressured for Twitter to open. Prominent figures on live TV mentioned this as well, loud and clear.

nolok 4y ago

Doesn't matter, Erdogan just blocked Twitter again because people were asking why was the government not being competent and where were the funds from the special earthquake relief tax.

deleted 4y ago
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rejectfinite 4y ago

Twitter is not really the platform for that type of organizing. They are 100% on Whatsapp though. There is always going to be something happening somewhere also.

code51 4y ago
You're aware that this has affected Turkey and Syria, in Turkey affected 10 cities, basically erased half of them from the map, right? This is not any disaster. This is the disaster after 99. Plus, please do not assume that people are only trying to use Twitter. They post addresses of loved ones to anywhere they can find: Twitter, Instagram, FB, Tiktok, local social media etc. and surely Whatsapp before all these. However, the very nature of posting openly in social platforms are different than platforms which are predominantly used for private communication. People cannot think of building massive groups through Whatsapp. Plus, there's a barrier to reach hub people.
- rejectfinite 4y ago
  >You're aware that this has affected Turkey and Syria, in Turkey affected 10 cities, basically erased half of them from the map, right? Yup! And they squandered it. See comment here: Imagine if the money had been spent on seismic retrofitting so that fewer buildings would collapse during an earthquake? Los Angeles spent $1.3 billion to retrofit more than 8,000 of their most vulnerable buildings. With much lower cost of labour and a $30 billion pot, Turkey should have been able to retrofit far more buildings. https://old.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/10xyybj/eu_plz_gib_more_monies/ https://old.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/10xyybj/eu_p...