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posted by janrinok on Saturday February 03 2018, @04:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-can't-be-silenced dept.

aristarchus writes:

From a fine publication, The Modern Farmer, an intriguing exposé!

Twitter, specifically, has been a source of contention. It all started when the official National Park Service account was asked to stop tweeting after it shared photos that compared the crowd size of Trump's inauguration to the crowd size of Obama's inauguration in 2009. Then the official Badlands National Park Twitter went rogue and started tweeting facts about climate change. The tweets were later removed and blamed on "a former employee who was not authorized to use the park's account."

Since those tweets were removed, over 40 "alt" or "rogue" Twitter accounts have sprouted up to fill in for many agencies and National Parks. Some of them already have a pretty big following—currently, AltUSNatParkService has more than 1.27 million followers. So far we're seeing climate facts, inspirational quotes about the environment, cute photos of animals, and a lot of snark (this is Twitter, after all).

TFA includes the a few of the more interesting ones, including:

  • AltEPA: He can take our official Twitter but he'll never take our FREEDOM. Unofficial EPA #resistance. #factsmatter. If loving science is wrong, we don't wanna be right. #factsmatter
  • AltUSForestService: The unofficial, and unsanctioned, #Resistance team for the U.S. Forest Service. Not an official Forest Service account, not publicly funded, citizen run. Read it while you can! https://t.co/rTbMl0n3Zc
  • AltUSDA: Resisting the censorship of facts and science. Truth wins in the end. Read the USDA Climate Change Solutions page while you still can: https://t.co/99G1M2zuYG #resist #science #climatechange.
  • AltFDA: Uncensored FDA
  • AltUSFWS: The Alt U.S. Fish Wildlife Service (AltUSFWS) is dedicated to the conservation, protection and enhancement of fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats

Being Twitter, some of these seem to have difficulty staying on-topic and seem to think that anything is fair game.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Thexalon on Saturday February 03 2018, @06:53PM (4 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Saturday February 03 2018, @06:53PM (#632630)

    VIMs are for 2 kinds of person

    What about the Emacs haters?

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  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Saturday February 03 2018, @07:08PM

    by Immerman (3985) on Saturday February 03 2018, @07:08PM (#632634)

    Don't they fall into the first group?

  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Saturday February 03 2018, @07:25PM (2 children)

    by edIII (791) on Saturday February 03 2018, @07:25PM (#632639)

    I guess the 3rd party here is the Nano folks :)

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    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday February 03 2018, @09:12PM (1 child)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday February 03 2018, @09:12PM (#632669) Journal

      How do you pronounce that, anyway? I use it because https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okpb0-VWntk [youtube.com]

      Alright, JK - I only watched it because the chick was nice looking - who was she again? :^)

      • (Score: 2) by leftover on Sunday February 04 2018, @01:07AM

        by leftover (2448) on Sunday February 04 2018, @01:07AM (#632735)

        Pam Dawber. She was indeed cute.

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