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Good. Also you shouldn’t need a relationship with a corporation (account) to get information from government agencies…
You don't. They're usually posting awareness campaigns that link to government sites.
I've opted the example to elsewhere, but they'd be like "bought a house? Find out how the taxes work on (link)"
It depends on the government I suppose. US National Weather Service offices posts bunch of weather info exclusively to Twitter (and sometimes Facebook).
Yeh generally it’s about reach. In the case of NWS Technically its not exclusive as their data and messaging is distributed by other channels, including traditional, and their own site(s). But for ticking the social media box they're likely to select the platforms with the most reach. Dissappointing that its only the one if that is the case, but the US is the land of officiated orthodoxy I’ve found. There are advantages sometimes - less triplication of labour in the case of humans needing to curate social media output for example. Bring on interoperability of platforms, please.
Not in my experience. I know because I’ve corresponded with my office, and complained about posts that aren’t tied to a particular weather product (like the Weather Story) or disseminated otherwise.
Can you read posts on Facebook without an account? Last time I tried it wasn't possible.
The posts aren't constraining the information though. They're effectively advertisements linking to the information (advertising they have info for you to read).
The information itself is public and freely accessible.
In many cases no it is not...
The sheriff's department in my town for example has no information on the public website for the municipality. All of their information is shared on Facebook and only Facebook.
The same thing goes with many other departments and public services.
My question was can you view Facebook without an account?