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The bus company I use only publishes real-time status updates (e.g. delayed/cancelled busses) on X (formally known as Twitter), there are no other bus companies
by ChocolateGod 2y ago
The bus company I use only publishes real-time status updates (e.g. delayed/cancelled busses) on X (formally known as Twitter), there are no other bus companies in the area and without logging in X forces timelines to be out of order or hidden.
gatekeeper for me.
- timeon 2y agoTry to write them. Our national train company moved from Twitter to Mastodon. Barely anyone is using Mastodon but anyone can read the posts without restrictions. That was not the case with the Twitter.
- ChocolateGod 2y agoI'd rather it just be on the website or app with an rss feed.
- echoangle 2y agoI don't get why so many organizations do this. Wouldn't you just want some kind of news feed on your website? The whole social aspect of Twitter doesn't matter for this, they just want to push out timestamped messages in a queue. Is it so hard to host something that does this?
- diggan 2y agoIf you told someone at that organization (besides a programmer/developer) exactly that, they wouldn't even understand the words "feed", "push out", "timestamped", "queue" and "host", so no wonder people opt for the simplest possible solution, especially when they might have a underpaid and overworked IT department that barely have programmers in it, if any.
- knicholes 2y agoIs there anyone who used to use Twitter that doesn't now already know that it's called "X?" How many years will it take before we just accept its new name?
- ChocolateGod 2y agoI was just copying what the mainstream media currently calls it (X, formally known as Twitter) which I find funny.
- philipwhiuk 2y ago"The Artist Formerly Known as Prince" wants a word.
- amadeuspagel 2y agoA company using only one service for something, when they could easily use another, or their own website, doesn't turn that service into a gatekeeper.