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> but to access information only available on twitter I see this being said a lot, even by some of my own contacts who insist on occasionally sending me links

> but to access information only available on twitter I see this being said a lot, even by some of my own contacts who insist on occasionally sending me links to things on twitter¹, but I'm not convinced there is really much of worth on there that isn't available elsewhere. What is uniquely on there that I might possibly care about isn't, IMO, worth being associated with or exposed to the rest. -- [1] I used to use nitter to view such things, but stopped that many moons ago and ask if they have any other source, or if it is a joke maybe download/screenshot and forward that way.

fnordpiglet 3y ago
You may feel the subject is inane, but an example that sticks out in my mind was the Varda replication thread of LK99. It was really only on twitter, I found it entertaining to read occasionally, but I wasn’t really going to invest energy in asking for screenshots etc. But I agree with you regarding being associated with it exposed to the rest. That’s the value nitter brought ! It’s a sad day that it’s gone. End of the world? No. But the world has become slightly less good.
roywiggins 3y ago
Twitter at least used to be the best place to find official statements from local government, local cops, etc. They would put stuff out on their official accounts, other people would post video of news conferences, and so on. I am not sure there is a replacement.
- prmoustache 3y ago
  yes, they can all have their private blog/microblog or use something else on the fediverse. You might have a tiny bit of friction in discoverability but it isn't hard to spread the word when it is about local agencies/administrations.
  - ehPReth 3y ago
    I would love this. Absolutely love this. Unfortunately, this is not happening now. The vast majority of 'official'/'governmental' institutions/people seem post on Twitter and, sadly, only on Twitter. Maybe Facebook if you're lucky. I've had to resort to using the premium tier of IFTTT to get things like road closure notices for my area.. it's maddening. I'd love if they would set up some ActivityPub something under their own domain that I could subscribe to :/
    - prmoustache 3y ago
      Don't know about 'murica but in europe more and more gov and local institutions have a fediverse presence. some examples are the european commission and frenchgov mastodon instances: https://social.network.europa.eu https://social.network.europa.eu https://social.numerique.gouv.fr https://social.numerique.gouv.fr I am pretty sure other countries are doing the same or are considering it. Also many NGOs have a fediverse presence.
  - fnordpiglet 3y ago
    Can is arbitrarily complex. Reality is they don’t. I actually wish the UN had acquired twitter as a global public good than baby man boy.

fnordpiglet 3y ago

You may feel the subject is inane, but an example that sticks out in my mind was the Varda replication thread of LK99. It was really only on twitter, I found it entertaining to read occasionally, but I wasn’t really going to invest energy in asking for screenshots etc. But I agree with you regarding being associated with it exposed to the rest. That’s the value nitter brought ! It’s a sad day that it’s gone. End of the world? No. But the world has become slightly less good.

roywiggins 3y ago

Twitter at least used to be the best place to find official statements from local government, local cops, etc. They would put stuff out on their official accounts, other people would post video of news conferences, and so on. I am not sure there is a replacement.

prmoustache 3y ago
yes, they can all have their private blog/microblog or use something else on the fediverse. You might have a tiny bit of friction in discoverability but it isn't hard to spread the word when it is about local agencies/administrations.
- ehPReth 3y ago
  I would love this. Absolutely love this. Unfortunately, this is not happening now. The vast majority of 'official'/'governmental' institutions/people seem post on Twitter and, sadly, only on Twitter. Maybe Facebook if you're lucky. I've had to resort to using the premium tier of IFTTT to get things like road closure notices for my area.. it's maddening. I'd love if they would set up some ActivityPub something under their own domain that I could subscribe to :/
  - prmoustache 3y ago
    Don't know about 'murica but in europe more and more gov and local institutions have a fediverse presence. some examples are the european commission and frenchgov mastodon instances: https://social.network.europa.eu https://social.network.europa.eu https://social.numerique.gouv.fr https://social.numerique.gouv.fr I am pretty sure other countries are doing the same or are considering it. Also many NGOs have a fediverse presence.
- fnordpiglet 3y ago
  Can is arbitrarily complex. Reality is they don’t. I actually wish the UN had acquired twitter as a global public good than baby man boy.