Using twitter has the huge advantage that spikes in users in Spain for checking this stuff is a rounding error in the normal traffic so is very unlikely to take down the status page.
This should show people just how powerful network effects are. They are legitimately a force of nature.
Maybe outright lies are more effective at getting followers than you suggest.
That being a distasteful reality doesn't make it incorrect.
The key is: will the bulk of the people, who are in the center, go for it?
And the answer is: if they perceive the idea as being cynical, or purposely deceptive, then no. Even if politicians temporarily get away with lies, every lie does long-term damage to a movement.
The truth will out.
> Have you ever rolled your eyes at someone going on and on about communists in the deep state?
Not really, I'm indifferent to those that I'm not interested in what they have to say.
That said, twitter should allow for official profiles and organizations to have their tweets (xs?) made public.
"115 batshit stupid things you can put on the internet in as fast as I can go by Dan Tentler" - https://youtu.be/hMtu7vV_HmY
But important/urgent updates only via Twitter is definitely a huge no-no.
It's far easier to use Twitter but it doesn't mean it should be used, it fences out people like the OP and me, who do not have Twitter nor want to have Twitter, I don't want to be forced into using a private corporation service to get status updates from the electrical network where I live in. It's quite a simple proposition and very reasonable, not sure why you are so incensed by a quite reasonable expectation.
> Also, why do you assume that website wouldn't crash under the sudden 10000x load? It is an utterly useless solution, that wastes time and solves nothing.
Because it can be cached very easily, it's 2025 where setting up this kind of cache is extremely easy compared to 2005.
> Like does your engineering skills suddenly magically evaporate the moment Elon's name is mentioned?
Please, stop, you are too irrational to understand a very simple and reasonable thing, no need to start throwing Elon into this bullshit, just stop here with the rabid lunacy. I was against major corporations only posting updates on Twitter waaaay before Elon bought it, I still stand by it.