Submitted by The_Waxies_Dargle t3_zvm848 in baltimore
codyvir t1_j1qeqtz wrote
Reply to comment by dopkick in Amber Alert last night by The_Waxies_Dargle
This is the best answer here: use this as an opportunity to refine how these alerts are issued and handled - not just because you don't wake up half a million people in the middle of the night, but because by figuring out how to target the alerts to those devices owned by people in the best position to do something about it, instead of being a nuisance, the alerts are helpful and people don't just go into their settings and turn them all off.
dopkick t1_j1qf90e wrote
100% this. You want to maximize the signal to noise ratio. Otherwise, like you said, people will just turn them off and then they’ll never get the notifications at all. People fast asleep at 4:30am are useless in a vehicle search. It’s strictly negative value to notify them.
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