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Twitter is not the be all end all of communicating with the world. That’s absurd and more indicative of a warped Silicon Valley centric worldview that overempha
by arrrg 6y ago
Twitter is not the be all end all of communicating with the world. That’s absurd and more indicative of a warped Silicon Valley centric worldview that overemphasizes the importance of Twitter and others.
Don’t get me wrong, Twitter is important, but not so much because it’s the only way for governments to communicate effectively with citizens. That’s absurd.
- imgabe 6y agoIt doesn't have to be the only way and nobody said it was. It is a way, and an important one that is very effective at reaching a lot of people. Government has long had the power to commandeer broadcast media when it needs to get a message to the people ("We interrupt this broadcast...") Do we want to do away with that? For all its flaws, the government is still something every citizen of the US has a say in, however small. I'm not willing to trade that for rule by Twitter executives, however well-intentioned they might be at the present moment.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Government has long had the power to commandeer broadcast media when it needs to get a message to the people (“We interrupt this broadcast…”) No, it hasn’t (outside of, say, the Emergency Alert System.) Government addresses (“We interrupt this broadcast…”) are a subject of requests for air time, which broadcast networks usually (but not always) grant. A decent enough basic explanation with some historical examples is here: https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/major-networks-carry-presidential-addresses.htm https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/major-networks-carry...
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- johndubchak 6y agoTwitter is not owned by the Government.