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The security issue aside, seeing more companies push announcements like these on X as the only official source is a trend I'm not sure I like.

I can understand the rationale, this feels lighter and not something that belongs on status.github.com or the blog. Maybe what's actually missing is an official channel for ephemeral stuff on a domain they own, somewhere between a status page and a tweet? Just sharing an observation.

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I don't see why this wouldn't fit on status.github.com.

Social media posts were literally called "status updates" at some point.

It is a closed ecosystem, where - as a viewer - you have gated access and - as a publisher - require your viewers to consent to a third-partys rule. Accessibg ststus.github.com has only the terms of GitHub involved, not also Twitter/X/...

As a stock listed company is GitHub or Microsoft not required to disclose such security breaches to their shareholders? As in a stock market communication?

Congratulations (Consolations?) deregulation is exactly what the country voted for. This is literally making the country great again according to some

They need to notify SEC in 4 business days

My understanding is that when it's something that requires user action they'd directly send comms to customers.

As much as I dislike X, perhaps the solution is to provide a widget of sorts that can be embedded into the status page (or whatever page). This widget would not require Auth and anyone can see the thread in-situ.

This doesn't need to be X, BTW, but if everyone's gonna use X may as well meet people where they are.

Likely because they don't know enough to make an official announcement. it makes sense to update a social threads rather than keep updating a static page.

Status is for availability.

I don't think that it's a trend more than OP preferring Twitter as a source which most of us don't

Are you from 2015? Companies have been announcing stuff on Twitter for a decade, and the rest of social media has been regurgitating Twitter posts for almost as long. Newspapers routinely quote Twitter. All that happened before they even renamed it to X.

I’m not saying it’s a good idea. I am saying it somehow became the single source of truth for the Internet with all that entails.

You are kind of saying it's a good idea or at least a totally acceptable one.

You're saying Twitter is famous for being famous, and looking down at someone who expresses dismay at this for being behind the times.

I do not have a Twitter account. You do. It is the cesspool of humanity and one of the reason the Internet has become so shit.

Please try not to contradict my very words to make a point. That’s very Twitter-like of you.

Fair enough! Not a fan of Twitter either.

Which is why I wouldn't want to normalize it being the kind of place where company announcements are made. IMO anyone who sees it as worrying is right, and I'm glad they're not desensitized.

Just because it's been going on for a decade doesn't make it any less crazy that Twitter has become a primary source of news.

> Just because it's been going on for a decade doesn't make it any less crazy that Twitter has become a primary source of news.

I agree. Still, this is the state of things, and well outside my control.

Much more reasonable to oppose 2026 X as the default platform than it was to oppose 2015 Twitter as the default platform.

I mean reasonable both times but you obviously understand why one might have changed their mind in recent years

Asking on behalf of Github’s PR team: what is the suggested alternative to X to post our updates to reach the largest amount of people, companies, as well as promote our brand?

I haven’t seen any suggestion in this thread. status.github.com fails many of these criteria.

Just get an X account. They’re free. This is the best way to get updates from AI companies like Anthropic too.

It is unfortunate that they can’t post multiple social media accounts so people can see this news on whatever platform(s) they use.

I have a rebuttal, but before you can hear it, you'll need to give me your email, your government ID, and you'll need to agree never to sue me in the court of law and to waive your right to a jury trial.

Wait, I just instituted usage quotas, you'll have to give me $8 and your credit card, too.

It bears pointing out: They posted this exclusively on X, and they did not need to do that. They are not "reaching the largest amount of people, companies".

It would be one thing if they could only use one channel. If they could only choose one, that would be email, which every GitHub user has.

They could use email, as well as status.github.com, their blog (which also has an RSS feed https://github.blog/feed/), and post it on their otherwise active BlueSky (which, unlike X, does not require an account to see their posts).

Bluesky is much better for this type of thing. It functions like X did 10 years ago: anyone can read the posts and subsequent thread, even if they don't have a Bluesky account.

The main non-political issue with X is that those without an account (or who are unable to login) may not be able to access it, which isn't ideal for a backup communications channel. Best of both worlds is to set up mirroring where you post to bluesky and automatically post a copy to X.

Totally agree but I think that it's fairly common for an enterprise company (like GitHub) to also have a central place that platform publishes these kinds of updates in addition to socials. I think it's odd, personally, that it's literally only been announced on twitter without a link to an announcements page or similar. Lots of enterprises still block crap like twitter and facebook, so it feels goofy to broadcast this _only_ to a source that paying customers may not even be able to access it.

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