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Had Enough Alt-Right? Try Alt-Gov!

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: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @09:57PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @09:57PM (#632685)

    Every one of these is off-topic and rambling. Most are commie nonsense, and the rest are darn close.

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by aristarchus on Saturday February 03 2018, @10:07PM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday February 03 2018, @10:07PM (#632689) Journal

    Commie nonsense? What do you think the "Deep State" is? The State Department is full of covert devotees of Mithra! And the attempt by the Idiot God-Emperor to silence the voices of science and reason, and the reality-based community is always on topic, and now you have got me rambling. Nice AC! Very Intelligent AC! It's OK, there's nothing wrong with being a Trump voter! Step just a little bit closer . . .

  • (Score: 2) by urza9814 on Monday February 05 2018, @03:59PM

    by urza9814 (3954) on Monday February 05 2018, @03:59PM (#633307) Journal

    Eh, it's no less off-topic or rambling than your comment!