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Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by peddling-brink »

jonas21 wrote: post #106
NovemberWhiskey wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh please. This is a social media manager who’s working from home that we’re talking about here. On the basis of these facts alone I can be relatively confident that the U.S. nuclear posture wasn’t seriously in jeopardy.

On the other hand, if the child had been a little bit older and thought it would be funny to tweet, "we have launched a nuclear strike on North Korea," or something, I'd imagine that we might be looking at this differently. I don't blame the social media person, but I am pretty surprised that the US Strategic Command allows their Twitter account to be operated from an insecure location.

There is a significant difference in decision making by a parent in regards to what they leave out for their children to touch based on the child's age.

The things you can leave out at age 1 are different than age 2, or 5, or 10, or 15.

Also, significant American politics are not being run from twitter anymore.

Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by throwawaysea »

riffic wrote: post #41

It'd be nice if government agencies moved to self-hosting their own official social media systems by way of interoperable web standards (ActivityPub for example).

Agree. The dependency on private services is not appropriate for officials or agencies communicating with the public. This is especially problematic when you consider that the public's responses will be subject to content moderation and censorship based on Twitter's whims.

Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by de_Selby »

smt88 wrote: post #118
jeffreyrogers wrote: post #116

I don't see how this is as big a deal as people make it out to be. The person in charge of this account probably has nothing to do with anything that remotely matters. You wouldn't worry about your 401k if the asset manager's twitter account posted some gibberish.

What if the child were a little older and typed something related to launching missiles as a joke?

Is it standard practice to tweet about it when launching a nuclear attack?

Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by sharkweek »

de_Selby wrote: post #123
smt88 wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What if the child were a little older and typed something related to launching missiles as a joke?

Is it standard practice to tweet about it when launching a nuclear attack?

I think you’re drastically underestimating how many people would assume it was true

Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by pbourke »

de_Selby wrote: post #123
smt88 wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What if the child were a little older and typed something related to launching missiles as a joke?

Is it standard practice to tweet about it when launching a nuclear attack?

Well it was until January 8th or so.

Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by hpkuarg »

apetresc wrote: post #95
xiphias2 wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Important accounts shouldn't be handled by 1 person, there should always be another one who can approve it.

Do you consider the Twitter account an "important account" that needs multi-party approval?

I'm 100% fine with STRATCOM not having a Twitter presence at all.

Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by pbourke »

echelon wrote: post #63
unclemase wrote: post #3

I love Canada now more than ever. https://ibb.co/TWnNdGJ

What a wholesome response! For most companies and organizations, this is absolutely understandable. WFH is challenging, and balancing childcare even more so. In this case, though, it begs the question - why does US Strategic Command even have a Twitter account? Are they going to post fun and engaging tweets about the nuclear football? Twitter seems like something this agency should not be doing.

> What a wholesome response!

FWIW the @CAFinUS account is a good follow, with a mix of history, humor, etc. Pretty good for a government account.

Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by whoisthemachine »

encryptluks2 wrote: post #100
unclemase wrote: post #3

I love Canada now more than ever. https://ibb.co/TWnNdGJ

Leave US Strategic Command Twitter account open for child to tweet from: "Canada: Totally okay, these things happen." Leave US Strategic Command Launch Portal open for child to launch missiles against Ontario, Canada: "United States: Totally okay, these things happen."

I think you mis-stated that last line:

> Leave US Strategic Command Launch Portal open for child to launch missiles against Ontario, Canada:

"Canada: Totally okay, these things happen."

Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by airhead969 »

sharkweek wrote: post #124
de_Selby wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it standard practice to tweet about it when launching a nuclear attack?

I think you’re drastically underestimating how many people would assume it was true

Sunday, October 30, 1938

Re: Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

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Post by airhead969 »

pbourke wrote: post #127
echelon wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What a wholesome response! For most companies and organizations, this is absolutely understandable. WFH is challenging, and balancing childcare even more so. In this case, though, it begs the question - why does US Strategic Command even have a Twitter account? Are they going to post fun and engaging tweets about the nuclear football? Twitter seems like something this agency should not be doing.

> What a wholesome response! FWIW the @CAFinUS account is a good follow, with a mix of history, humor, etc. Pretty good for a government account.

Canadians are generally sensible, chill folks. Remember the Michael Moore thing about testing whether people locked their front doors?
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