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> Why the hell are government agencies using Twitter/Facebook for official communication in the first place? It's the responsibility of the government to make
by thomasahle 3y ago
> Why the hell are government agencies using Twitter/Facebook for official communication in the first place?
It's the responsibility of the government to make information available where the citizens are. As the citizens moved from radio and TV to social media, the government followed.
- BirAdam 3y agoDefinitely this. The big thing now will be: where is everyone? Twitters active user numbers are fine, but for how long? Likewise with Facebook as younger people aren’t showing up there. Will the governments of the USA need to be on every single platform? Should USDS just make a new news site just for the governments to broadcast on?
- johannes1234321 3y agoIt is right to be present on Twitter. But the question is: Should it be the single/primary channel or only secondary channel filled from a primary source, like their website? Of course, running a website, which allows those quick edits requires with dealing with secure infrastructure, maybe apps dir field agents to write something etc. which they could all outsource to Twitter (and vendors of tools built around Twitter API for scheduled tweets etc.) Its somewhat similar with public broadcasters (BBC, German ARD etc ) putting their content on YouTube (where consumers are) vs their sites (where they control it, including privacy concerns)