Isn’t that funny? The US Government is sending out very important information to the public via Twitter. At first it sounds kitsch and funny but on the other hand, it just shows how Twitter is far more than a social networking site for stalking your favourite celebrities and telling the world what colour dress you’ll wear today, it’s a public and very open forum where information can be passed to anyone with internet access. You can TWEET THE GOVERNMENT BACK (that’s crazy)! Twitter is like a 24/7 newspaper or public forum for the entire world. Brilliance!
But yeah, the US Government and many other Government institutions tweeted about the Government shutting down for the day. Ha ha ha ha ha but seriously. Future.
The federal government is currently shut down.
— U.S. Department of Labor (@USDOL) October 1, 2013
The federal government is currently shut down.
— U.S. EPA (@EPA) October 1, 2013
Due to the government shutdown, we will not be tweeting or responding to any replies. We will return as soon as possible.
— U.S. National Science Foundation (@NSF) October 1, 2013
Due to the gov't shutdown, all public NASA activities/events are cancelled or postponed until further notice. Sorry for the inconvenience.
— NASA (@NASA) October 1, 2013
BY THE WAY
Thank you so much to Jake Baldwin’s How To about embedding tweets. i literally would have had no idea how the flip to do that. Thank you <3