this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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The fact that a state government used a commercial service to inform the public is absurd, and this was bound to happen eventually.
Why is it absurd? The best way to reach people is on the platforms they use. People are not going to install some government app or use a special website to see those kinds of messages.
They could have used a mailing list or an rss feed or half a dozen other solutions that don't require a special website or government app.
I don't want my government spamming my inbox with updates. I don't know how active government Twitter accounts tend to be but I suspect there are plenty of things that are significant enough to announce via some platform but not significant enough that they merit an email.
RSS would be great and I fully support governments using it. But sadly in this day and age it would reach significantly fewer people than Twitter.
"this day and age" is rapidly coming to a close