"They got information almost instantly, in bits and bursts - through phones vibrating in pockets, messages from strangers, rumors that felt urgent because they might keep someone alive. On Dec. 13 as the attack at the Ivy League institution played out during finals week, students took to Sidechat, an anonymous, campus-specific message board used widely at U.S. colleges, for fast-flowing information in real time."
"An Associated Press analysis of nearly 8,000 posts from the 36 hours after the shooting shows how social media has become central to how students navigate campus emergencies. Fifteen minutes before the university's first alert of an active shooter, students were already documenting the chaos. Their posts - raw, fragmented, and sometimes panicked - formed a digital time capsule of how a college campus experienced a mass shooting."
Students on a college campus received and shared almost instant information during an active shooter incident through phones, messages, and an anonymous campus message board. Nearly 8,000 posts in the 36 hours after the shooting captured real-time, raw, and sometimes panicked accounts, with posts appearing about 15 minutes before the university's first official alert. Students posted while sheltering under tables, in classrooms, and hallways; some posts came from wounded students, including a hospital-bed selfie captioned '#finalsweek.' Posters asked immediate safety questions about lockdowns and shooter location. Authorities later identified the suspect, who was found dead in New Hampshire and linked to another killing.
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