• HeartyBeast@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    There are an awful lot of governmental organisations that benefit from having Twitter as a free broadcast information medium

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      1 year ago

      I’m sure it will stay free for them, but the rest of us are expected to pay. That kind of puts a wrench in it sticking around as the go-to platform for events happening in real time. It used to be amazing for keeping up with things like protests. You could keep track of hashtags and watch video on the ground. It’s 100% useless for that now.

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        1 year ago

        it doesn’t matter - if unlogged in people can’t see it, if the audience numbers fall, organisations will have to start rethinkoing its place in their comms strategy even if they can still post to it. IN the UK this is real issue for organisations such as local authorities and the NHS