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#283456 - 01/21/17 12:29 PM No more tweets from National Park Service
Bingley Offline
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In case anyone relies on Twitter to get information from NPS about road conditions, weather, etc., be aware that NPS has been banned temporarily from tweeting.

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#283459 - 01/21/17 01:57 PM Re: No more tweets from National Park Service [Re: Bingley]
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How interesting! Source?
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#283461 - 01/21/17 02:37 PM Re: No more tweets from National Park Service [Re: Bingley]
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Google it. The reasons for the ban political. smirk
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#283462 - 01/21/17 02:37 PM Re: No more tweets from National Park Service [Re: Bingley]
Bingley Offline
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There are a number of news reports. This one seems the most thorough:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powe...guration-crowd/

Guys, please remember the guidelines of this forum. This is not a place for political discussions.


Edited by Bingley (01/21/17 02:38 PM)

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#283463 - 01/21/17 02:47 PM Re: No more tweets from National Park Service [Re: Bingley]
Russ Offline
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Here's another from Newsmax
No further comment.
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#283465 - 01/21/17 03:45 PM Re: No more tweets from National Park Service [Re: Russ]
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Thanks. This is a good time to be retired.
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#283503 - 01/23/17 11:11 PM Re: No more tweets from National Park Service [Re: Bingley]
clearwater Offline
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Didn't sound like critical political stuff, just facts, but did not seem to be in the scope of the NPS web site.

More like NPS employees using work time or equipment for non-work activities.

This is why we can't have nice things (weather reports, road conditions etc.)

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#283508 - 01/24/17 12:36 AM Re: No more tweets from National Park Service [Re: clearwater]
Mark_R Offline
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Loc: Southern California
Originally Posted By: clearwater
Didn't sound like critical political stuff, just facts, but did not seem to be in the scope of the NPS web site.

More like NPS employees using work time or equipment for non-work activities.

This is why we can't have nice things (weather reports, road conditions etc.)


NPS retweeted stuff that wasn't entirely within their purview. A comparison between inaugural crowd sizes, and a notice that part of the Whitehouse website dealing with civil rights, climate change and health care was absent.

EDIT: The "issues" part of website is where the civil rights, etc. was missing. It appears that the "issues" is per the current administration, and there is no relation to the previous administration's priorities.


Edited by Mark_R (01/24/17 12:41 AM)
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#283509 - 01/24/17 01:22 AM Re: No more tweets from National Park Service [Re: Mark_R]
Russ Offline
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Yeah, whatever. I don't tweet or subscribe to read tweets so it's totally a non-issue.

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#283549 - 01/26/17 02:07 PM Re: No more tweets from National Park Service [Re: Bingley]
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http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2017/01/26/parks-staffers-tweets-targeting-trump/97076382/

Reading this article, the tweeting ability of the NPS was restored, but they may again be in hot water...Naughty Rangers! Bad! Bad!
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