It is now painfully clear that no local government, state or federal agency, or other civic institution should be using Twitter for any purpose other than directing people to alternative platforms.

Using the platform for anything other than a last ditch backup for any kind of emergency communication is clearly a disaster waiting to happen.

@ct_bergstrom As with the Erdogan coup, I was breathlessly following the mutiny live, both at Rostov, and up the M4. I even was pretty sure where Prigozhin’s forces were to meet the Spetsnaz. Good luck doing that henceforward.

I always did figure that his ‘secret plan’ was to make the ‘use it free’ side unbearable.