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I posted this yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28281472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28281472 this is an issue (and I fail to see this

by riffic 5y ago

I posted this yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28281472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28281472 this is an issue (and I fail to see this mentioned here today) in that public sector agencies use Twitter to disseminate emergency information. With a login wall, this information is not getting out to the people who need it the most. I mod /r/Twitter and saw about a week ago a number of threads complaining about a new login-wall. This shit is 100% user-hostile, Twitter.

syshum 5y ago
Beyond the Login wall, Public Sector Agencies should not be using Twitter as a Primary communication method, it would be Ok to have the messages Copied their from Official Sources, but there should be Official Sources to obtain the same info, at the same time, update in the same frequency.
- OrangeMusic 5y ago
  Seriously, how is Twitter better than an RSS feed for this use?
  - riffic 5y ago
    the people in the public sector don't know any better. It's going to take regulation and legislation to force a position into standards-compliance.
macintux 5y ago
I’ve complained to government agencies about using Facebook and not making their posts public. Maddening.
riffic 5y ago
reply because I can't edit. even HN knows how User Hostile Twitter is: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=twitter%20%22user-hostile%22&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
young_unixer 5y ago
The real culprits here are these public sector agencies. They shouldn't use inaccessible mediums like Twitter as their primary channel of information.
- IlPeach 5y ago
  Yes, and no. They use what's available and what gets them in front of the users. IMO I don't see anything wrong with that. The problem comes if they don't provide any other way to access their information.
  - pabs3 5y ago
    I like Debian's approach to this; publish short news on their own site and also automatically republish those items on social networks. Full blog posts get similar treatment. https://micronews.debian.org/ https://micronews.debian.org/ https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity/micronews https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity/micronews https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity/otherSN https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity/otherSN

by riffic 5y ago

syshum 5y ago

Beyond the Login wall, Public Sector Agencies should not be using Twitter as a Primary communication method, it would be Ok to have the messages Copied their from Official Sources, but there should be Official Sources to obtain the same info, at the same time, update in the same frequency.

OrangeMusic 5y ago
Seriously, how is Twitter better than an RSS feed for this use?
- riffic 5y ago
  the people in the public sector don't know any better. It's going to take regulation and legislation to force a position into standards-compliance.

macintux 5y ago

I’ve complained to government agencies about using Facebook and not making their posts public. Maddening.

riffic 5y ago

reply because I can't edit. even HN knows how User Hostile Twitter is: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=twitter%20%22user-hostile%22&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

young_unixer 5y ago

The real culprits here are these public sector agencies. They shouldn't use inaccessible mediums like Twitter as their primary channel of information.

IlPeach 5y ago
Yes, and no. They use what's available and what gets them in front of the users. IMO I don't see anything wrong with that. The problem comes if they don't provide any other way to access their information.
- pabs3 5y ago
  I like Debian's approach to this; publish short news on their own site and also automatically republish those items on social networks. Full blog posts get similar treatment. https://micronews.debian.org/ https://micronews.debian.org/ https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity/micronews https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity/micronews https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity/otherSN https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity/otherSN