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The fact that so many large companies are still on X is so wrong.
by cube00 2mo ago
The fact that so many large companies are still on X is so wrong.
- melodyogonna 2mo agoWhy?
- bigyabai 2mo agoBecause I want to identify with luxury brands, celebrities and lifestyle corporations, but can't stand when they virtue signal what I hate.
- deleted 2mo ago[deleted]
- embedding-shape 2mo agoYeah, or local governments, or governments in general, seems strange to me too. But then probably they'd use Facebook/Instagram/Whatever instead of Twitter if Twitter wasn't available, and seemingly it's impossible for them to use something that isn't built like a panopticon that also wants to slurp up as much data from their users as possible.
- pibaker 2mo agoThere should be a law mandating government agencies to not limit their electronic communications to private third party platforms. If they post something on Twitter, or worse, Facebook, they must also provide a copy of the post on their own website. Some kind of online government gazette, if you will. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_gazette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_gazette
- mitxela 2mo agoHow would you define it so the internet wouldn't also be considered a third-party platform?
- account42 2mo agoISPs and infrastructure in the Internet are generally considered common carriers unlike social media platform who can do whatever they want. I don't understand why you think this would be hard to define at all.
- frumplestlatz 2mo agoWhy is it “so wrong” to meet your audience where they are?
- earth-tattoo 2mo ago[flagged]
- harrisoned 2mo agoThe same reason is wrong to require a Google or Apple phone to exercise basic civil duties within government services. You are gating the service, or information, behind a 3rd party ToS, a login, and basically stating that you are not allowed to have it until you hand over personal data to such companies.
- frumplestlatz 2mo agoThe comment I replied to said "large companies", not government, and I don't see the equivalence.
- maipen 2mo agoWhy is it wrong? Is it wrong to require people to use certain tools? I don’t think so. It’s the same thing as requiring dress code to go to the tribunal or anything formal. People here overthink so much about this topic.
- squeegmeister 2mo agoBecause the owner of said tool is a white nationalist
- frumplestlatz 2mo agoI think you’ve confused HN for BlueSky.
- tempaccountabcd 2mo ago[dead]
- alt227 2mo ago....in your own opinion.
- amelius 2mo agoEverything here is "in your own opinion". No need to be explicit about it.
- amelius 2mo agoGovernments in the EU, that's actually the worst group. Shows how addicted politicians are to attention.
- eythian 2mo agoThey can definitely do better, for example the Dutch government runs its own Mastodon instance: https://social.overheid.nl/overview https://social.overheid.nl/overview The slogan being "Messages from the government. For everyone."