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US National Park Service Forced to Cease Use of Twitter Until Further Notice
- waterphone 10y agoNitpick: It's the National Park Service, not Parks.
- dpflan 10y agoThanks. I've fixed the typo.
- waterphone 10y agoA few thoughts: The National Mall is an NPS property, so it makes sense at one level that they would tweet photos of it relative to the inauguration. This particular comparison, however valid it may be, does carry political connotations, however, and government agencies should present a more politically neutral tone. They represent all of us, not just a particular party. A blanket ban for even just one agency, let alone every agency under the Department of the Interior posting on Twitter is ridiculous overkill for something like this. The person who posted it should get be reprimanded if it was deliberate, or even be fired under certain circumstances, but banning the entire agency from using Twitter is absurd, especially when federal land management agencies often use Twitter as one means of communicating hazardous conditions and closures to the public.
- LyndsySimon 10y ago> A blanket ban for even just one agency, let alone every agency under the Department of the Interior posting on Twitter is ridiculous overkill for something like this. It doesn't sound as if it's permanent, it said additional communication should be expected next week. It's Friday.
- noobermin 10y agoWhat if they need to send a message today or tomorrow? There is a sizeable march on DC today on the Mall.
- helthanatos 10y agoAgree completely. I have no idea why any department of government would be posting anything about politics; definitely should not be tweeting things against your new boss, though.
- benjohnson 10y agoA national Park Service RSS feed would be a better use of taxpayer money than validating a single propitiatory commercial messing app.
- vivekd 10y agoGotta go where the people are. Most Americans are on twitter. I don't think a National Parks RSS feed would get anywhere near that amount of viewership
- forthefuture 10y agoWhile most Americans know what Twitter is, less than a quarter use it. Facebook would be a better bet for reach.
- mcphage 10y agoIt's a better use of money to go where the people are, then spend less and hope the people bother coming to you.
- mtimjones 10y agoCry some more, libs. Your tears are delicious.
- synicalx 10y agoOne thing that bothers me about the 2017 photo is I've seen heaps of others from the same day and it looked like there were heaps of people - not as many as Obama but way way more than what's shown in the picture. So is it just from earlier in the day or something?