Why do governments still have Twitter (X) links on them? Surely we can be confident that it isn't a neutral public square in 2024. Are governments getting value from it? Agencies/departments do not need to pick between LinkedIn, Mastodon, Bluesky or Threads if choosing a new platform proves difficult, but remove Twitter from your social media feeds.
Having Twitter, but not the others isn't neutral, it is negative.
@mgifford I’ve been wondering about this myself. Do government comms folks not have ethical standards guidelines or committees? X has not been a reliable or objective platform for years now.
@boardman I suspect it is mostly moment that is keeping folks there. Plus they hired social media folks who were comfortable with Twitter, so....