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I'd like to see Twitter unwind the recent requirement to have an account simply to read linked tweets and threads. This is such a horribly hostile requirement,

I'd like to see Twitter unwind the recent requirement to have an account simply to read linked tweets and threads. This is such a horribly hostile requirement, Twitter should be ashamed of the mockery they are making of the web.

systemvoltage 5y ago
Especially when it is a public square. Lots of officials and government agencies to your local fire department uses Twitter to communicate to public exclusively. Unacceptable and despicable. It has unbelievable to me that we are using a for-profit platform for communication between governments and the public they serve. Fuck Twitter.
- riffic 5y ago
  > Lots of officials and government agencies to your local fire department uses Twitter to communicate to public exclusively. Speak to policy makers directly and demand they publish directly into publicly owned infrastructure. we live in a world where the interoperable social web exists. Gov bodies could shoehorn those protocols into their content management systems and bypass commercial social media directly. no ponzi blockchain necessary either.
- altspace 5y ago
  > It has unbelievable to me that we are using a for-profit platform for communication between governments and the public they serve The internet is a for-profit platform
  - missedthecue 5y ago
    Every communication platform is. Radio, internet, TV, even the telegram.
  - jerojero 5y ago
    Isn't the internet, at its core, a set of protocols we've all agreed to use? It's not for or against profit anymore than a hammer is.
    - altspace 5y ago
      Yes, but nobody is running servers with those protocols for free
      - systemvoltage 5y ago
        No one voted for our governments to exclusively use it to communicate on Twitter. It kinda just organically happened. Even Iranian officials use Twitter. We had government websites and official channels, but hard and inaccessible. I think the problem I have is the need for phone numbers and identification to access government comms through Twitter. No one asked who I am to listen to radio (even though some were commercial for-profit ventures). I’d like to see GSA offer a US gov official Twitter of sorts for instant communication. No ID or Phone required, funded by tax payers.
        riffic 5y ago
        Twitter can even provide GSA the software and managed hosting.

systemvoltage 5y ago

Especially when it is a public square. Lots of officials and government agencies to your local fire department uses Twitter to communicate to public exclusively. Unacceptable and despicable. It has unbelievable to me that we are using a for-profit platform for communication between governments and the public they serve. Fuck Twitter.

riffic 5y ago
> Lots of officials and government agencies to your local fire department uses Twitter to communicate to public exclusively. Speak to policy makers directly and demand they publish directly into publicly owned infrastructure. we live in a world where the interoperable social web exists. Gov bodies could shoehorn those protocols into their content management systems and bypass commercial social media directly. no ponzi blockchain necessary either.
altspace 5y ago
> It has unbelievable to me that we are using a for-profit platform for communication between governments and the public they serve The internet is a for-profit platform
- missedthecue 5y ago
  Every communication platform is. Radio, internet, TV, even the telegram.
- jerojero 5y ago
  Isn't the internet, at its core, a set of protocols we've all agreed to use? It's not for or against profit anymore than a hammer is.
  - altspace 5y ago
    Yes, but nobody is running servers with those protocols for free
    - systemvoltage 5y ago
      No one voted for our governments to exclusively use it to communicate on Twitter. It kinda just organically happened. Even Iranian officials use Twitter. We had government websites and official channels, but hard and inaccessible. I think the problem I have is the need for phone numbers and identification to access government comms through Twitter. No one asked who I am to listen to radio (even though some were commercial for-profit ventures). I’d like to see GSA offer a US gov official Twitter of sorts for instant communication. No ID or Phone required, funded by tax payers.
      - riffic 5y ago
        Twitter can even provide GSA the software and managed hosting.