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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's a shame because Twitter is a perfect platform for the kind of one-way communications required by a news agency or local government agency. Maybe Mastodon or Bluesky will fill that void.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

So would I but good luck getting your average local sheriff or office of emergency preparedness to use RSS. Most of their "IT" staff is the deputy who is "good with computers" meaning they can open a PDF file.