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> But when the Elon Musk-owned platform started stripping blue verification check marks this month from accounts that don’t pay a monthly fee, it left public ag
by karmakaze 4y ago
> But when the Elon Musk-owned platform started stripping blue verification check marks this month from accounts that don’t pay a monthly fee, it left public agencies and other organizations around the world scrambling to figure out a way to show they’re trustworthy and avoid impersonators.
> While Twitter is now offering gold checks for “verified organizations” and gray checks for government organizations and their affiliates, the former come at a cost too steep to justify for many agencies.
So the problem is cost, not reliability. I was thinking that the core twitter infrastructure couldn't be trusted to deliver timely messages but that's not part of the story.
- treesknees 4y agoI don't believe it's cost from reading the Tweets and replies. MTA: "For the MTA, Twitter is no longer reliable for providing the consistent updates riders expect." NYCTSubway: "Our access to publish service alerts was suspended last week and again this week. ^JLZ" and "Good evening, Our access to publish service alerts was suspended last week and again this week. We'd like to continue providing you with the most current real-time information but we can’t do it consistently on an unreliable platform. ^GES" It sounds like Twitter is cutting off access somehow. I don't know if this is API access, or what. But if there are thousands of people checking the Twitter feed for updates, and they're unable to post updates, that seems like an issue of reliability. Not necessarily that Twitter's servers are going down or delaying delivery.