With the demise of Twitter and now Meta creating a stench that will drive away users, local governments need to include all significant social media platforms. This should not be a significant expense and if managed correctly would be a very limited increase in staff time. The City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, include its agencies, should lead the way. The platforms that need to be added include Mastodon, BlueSky, and Reddit.
This should have started happening years ago. This is a matter of public safety. There are alerts and updates that go out on Facebook and Twitter that thousands of locals are not seeing, as thy do not use those platforms.
It would be very bad to make this into a political issue, as fools will certain do if they read this. If there are other sites with significant users, they can be added as well. This is not about removing any platforms, no matter how toxic and useless they may be. I fear that there may be some elements in the IT departments of local governments that suffer from political biases that are using outright false information to keep these sites from being used. If that is true, local elected officials should get outside consultation on the topics.
Getting credible information from governments and public institutions is critical for any society to effectively function. This should be a simple request that does not require any deliberation or debate. Just get some accounts created and start informing the public.
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