Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

Post by omoikane » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 2:52 AM UTC

RoyGBivCap wrote: post #227

jamesgreenleaf wrote: post #7

Musk commented on this: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1674865731136020505 "Temporary emergency measure. We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!"

"Several hundred organizations (maybe more) were scraping Twitter data extremely aggressively, to the point where it was affecting the real user experience. What should we do to stop that? I’m open to ideas." https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1674898695534309378 "1. Scraping is already disallowed by T&C. 2. The scraping orgs dgaf & mask their IPs through proxy servers or through orgs that appear legit. For example,…

Post by richbell » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 2:54 AM UTC

cvoss wrote: post #430

hedora wrote: post #151

Uggh. I only use twitter to follow critical (life-and-death) emergency broadcasts from our local fire department. Is there a viable alternative for them to use now that twitter is going to block most of our county’s residents?

If the local authorities have an actual life-and-death emergency broadcast to make to the entire area they serve, I suspect they have a more effective means to do this than Twitter. As a matter of public safety, they need to be able to inform everyone, whether they've subscribed or not, and in a way that does not require users to think to check for a notification, or even to have a special device (like a cellphone to…

Post by Retr0id » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 2:57 AM UTC

ayakang31415 wrote: post #521

zmmmmm wrote: post #337

It always irked me that public institutions embraced Twitter as a primary means of communication in many cases. It never seemed right that a private company was being put in between public functions and the the public which depends on them. Not to mention, since I live outside the US, a private company in another country. I even wrote complaints to one local public body to ask them to set up a communication channel t…

Unfortunately, we are living in a world where using private company's social media is the most effective way to communicate public announcement as lots of people are using it daily. I am not sure if people are going to install government social media app just to receive information pertaining to public matters.

Post by sowbug » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 3:01 AM UTC

ShadowBanThis01 wrote: post #415

Solvency wrote: post #409

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I mean... for decades, the public institutions instead relied on private TV networks to do all of their communications. And propaganda. And they still do. How is Twitter any different than FOX News or CNN?

They weren't "private" TV networks. They are licensed by the government to use our airwaves, which are accessible by all (except CNN, which is cable). There's a big difference. Governmental and public institutions should not be relying on Twitter for their communications. It's unprofessional at the very least.

Post by salad-tycoon » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 3:03 AM UTC

Solvency wrote: post #531

scarface_74 wrote: post #528

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Every public school and government institution for at least the last two decades has depended on private SaaS companies for everything from recording grades, to managing school lunches, payroll, attendance and almost every other facet of education

It does beg the question why the public sector doesn't aim to create a public source software division for all of these administrative needs. Jobs program and all that.