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[–] PoppinKREAM@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I used Twitter for all my local updates - from what's happening at city hall to live traffic and weather updates.

What's up with CEO's messing with social media companies. Huffman and Musk seem to enjoy ruining good things :(

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

What’s up with CEO’s messing with social media companies

I have some theories but they all boil down to: They openly despise us commoners. Maybe this will prompt public services to take better care of their websites. It would be a welcoming change.

[–] 429@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah I don't understand it.

I'm sure something else will come along, the public service sphere of Twitter is too important. What else can they do? Go back to sending out press statements and breaking news on the radio or TV? Something will come along and fill that gap.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

My city sends text alerts, but even with that I worry about the elderly people that don't have cell phones.

[–] scarrtt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's a symptom of the end of cheap money. It's fine to not turn a profit when the economy is bullish and there's money sloshing around everywhere, but at some stage you have to justify your existence, especially when advertisers stop buying ads, which has been the case for a while