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Wow, this is kind of a mess, seems twitter won from usability standpoint here
by gloosx 2mo ago
Wow, this is kind of a mess, seems twitter won from usability standpoint here
- freshpots 2mo agoExcept that it doesn't because you need an account to see virtually anything on that N#*i site.
- gloosx 2mo agoUsability for announcers, I meant. Seems it's easier for them to just post on twitter instead of having to deal with whatever interface their internal systems provide
- wlonkly 2mo agoThe funny thing is that one reason that cities, utilities etc. keep posting on Twitter is that it's integrated into their internal systems (or at least to something like Hootsuite that handles multiple social platforms). I'd be very surprised if they're sharing a Twitter password.
- cancerkazoo 2mo ago[flagged]
- johannes1234321 2mo agoTwitter was in a great space for those kind of things. They had a big user base, a simple format and a working API, which was free for those kinds of things. Toolbuilders integrated it. No platform took over as clear successor. Of course such information should be on the operator's website as primary source ...
- antif 2mo agoTwitter won by pulling the rug! They changed terms against their captive users and forced policy changes to end open publishing and firehose APIs—which the organization had once championed and enshrined.