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by cowtools 1309 days ago
Why does the gov. have its nuts in a twist over a privately-owned timewasting service?

The gov. should use public forms of communication, like their own websites and mailing lists. Why endorse this privitzation of their communcation channels in the first place?

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100% agree. Even when Twitter was publicly owned, it seemed wrong to have public servants endorsing it and using it as a channel for conducting official business and communications.

Why not just go all the way and post government announcements through Instagram or TikTok. Oh, yeah, that would be "inappropriate" and a "security threat". But Twitter, that one is fine, a totally different thing!

:/

To take that even further, by using a social media channel as a means to post official communications, it becomes a quasi-governmental organization.
Why does the gov. have its nuts in a twist over a privately-owned uterus?
Because a bunch of insufferable twats called "Constituents" keep making a ruckus.
Some call them constituents, I prefer jesus freaks.