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> Why the hell are government agencies using Twitter/Facebook for official communication in the first place? Reach. IDK if anyone is using it as the sole meth
by paulddraper 3y ago
> Why the hell are government agencies using Twitter/Facebook for official communication in the first place?
Reach.
IDK if anyone is using it as the sole method of communication.
But Twitter in practice has a much higher reach than every other method.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 3y agoI've definitely seen critical info communicated either only on Twitter, or first on Twitter and only much later elsewhere. Not sure if it was alerts ("chemical plant on fire, close windows") or crisis communication ("emergency water supplies being distributed at Foo street"), but it was a case of "use Twitter or suffer serious consequences". Stuff like "public transit line 17 out of service" being announced only on Twitter is completely par for the course.
- KerrAvon 3y agoIt doesn't, though; this is a myth propagated by journalists, who are Twitter addicts and are the only reason it survived Musk's initial incompetence.
- coldcode 3y agoWhy can't someone build a twitter just for such purposes?
- hoppyhoppy2 3y agoThey do exist (e.g. Nixle) but tend to cost money (for the govt agency)
- paulddraper 3y agoBecause people won't use it. REACH