Because millions of people use the platform regularly. Why would they _not_ publish alerts on a communication channel that millions of people demonstrably chec

Because millions of people use the platform regularly. Why would they _not_ publish alerts on a communication channel that millions of people demonstrably check frequently? This is a genuine question: do you get this information from their VHF band reporting? or check their website regularly? or their RSS feeds? moreover even if you do, do you think those are likely to more frequently used/checked (or even available) by people than twitter, Facebook, etc?