B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations

Re:B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations by imwillofficial on Thursday July 13, 2023 @12:42PM (#36712103)

I work in disaster management.

First rule is you go where the people are

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Re:B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations by nicbou on Thursday July 13, 2023 @12:45PM (#36712175)

Perhaps it would make sense to have your official website as the main source of truth, and broadcast that fact to other platforms. "News update: [short recap], full details on gov.io/situation"

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Re:B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations by deltarholamda on Thursday July 13, 2023 @12:50PM (#36712241)

But most people are not on Twitter.

When a disaster is ongoing, radio is a much better medium than something like Twitter.

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Re:B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations by imwillofficial on Thursday July 13, 2023 @12:55PM (#36712343)

Both is better still

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