The local emergency services uses it as a duplicate method because it's mostly more reliable than any service they can afford to offer... and historically a lot of people were using the site, so sharing helps get things noticed.
replyIn this case it seems that linking to the CHP website would likely crash their web servers. Understandable:)
replySo allowing projects like Nitter and XCancel must also be understandable, in order for recipients to be able to actually read these messages.
reply100% agreed, auth-walling the broadcasting service which is de-facto used as a public infrastructure by so many parties around the world is just straight an a-hole move, even though it's a private company and they can do whatever they want about it. Who knows maybe at some point in the future they will decide twitter will only be available with a paid subscription.
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