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.
Non-users can no longer see Twitter posts, and entities like NWS and USGS are rate-limited so they cannot read or respond to all the damage and other reports if a tornado/earthquake/etc happens.
@DarleneCypser @debivort @ct_bergstrom
Rate limits have been all over the news since Saturday. Account-wall is also very real, but I doubt it affects many journalists
"The National Weather Service said it may be unable to see tweeted reports of severe weather and associated damage, and asked subscribers to use its office telephone numbers instead."
https://www.reuters.com/technology/what-does-twitter-rate-limit-exceeded-mean-users-2023-07-03/
Elon Musk's Twitter has put a temporary limit on the number of tweets that users can see each day, a move that has sparked some backlash and could undermine the social network's <a href="/business/media-telecom/musks-twitter-rate-limits-could-undermine-new-ceo-ad-experts-say-2023-07-03/">efforts to attract advertisers</a>.
Carl T. Bergstrom
Ben de Bivort
Olav
Darlene Cypser