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If The Public is interested in the existence of Public media, like a digital town-square soapbox, then we could use Public resources to make that exist. Like a
by nfoz 6y ago
If The Public is interested in the existence of Public media, like a digital town-square soapbox, then we could use Public resources to make that exist. Like a public-broadcasting version of social media.
But if someone like a President will use private services like Twitter then they're choosing to subject themself to the rules and whims of that private service. It was a weird thing to do in the first place. There are official communication channels for the President to use.
- CivBase 6y agoWhat would you recommend as an alternative? A presidential email chain?
- bthrn 6y agoPresidents can have press conferences whenever they want. Historically speaking, that's how it's been done.
- treeman79 6y agoThe media has running commentary on his press conferences. It doesn’t matter what he says. They are going to twist it however they want to make it as bad as possible.
- watwut 6y agoPresident is not dependent on twitter, just like his predecessors were not. The president can make official and unofficial announcements.
- cylinder714 6y agoI always wondered why Trump didn't simply create a blog at "whitehouse.gov/~djt" or the like. Now that he's been banned from Twitter, I expect he'll set up something at Trump.com. IndieWeb, indeed.