The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) said the reliability of Twitter as a platform 'can no longer be guaranteed.'
The service finally went into effect on April 20, removing the infamous blue checkmarks from innumerable"legacy" accounts previously connected to"notable" figures"in government, news, entertainment, or another designated category."
"The MTA does not pay tech platforms to publish service information and has built redundant tools that provide service alerts in real time," MTA Acting Chief Customer Shanifah Rieara said in aposted Thursday on their website."Those include the MYmta and TrainTime apps, the MTA's homepage at MTA.info, email alerts and text messages.
But we're not saying goodbye to you, our customers! There are lots of ways to get real-time updates. ⬇️Rieara told Bloomberg that she doesn't believe paying to issue service-related updates via Twitter is"the best use of resources" when other"internal and homegrown" resources already exist and are, in her words, more reliable.
People wait to board a subway train at the West 4th Street station on October 9, 2022, in New York City. Inset: In this photo illustration the Twitter logo is seen on a mobile cellphone on April 21, 2023, in Knutsford, United Kingdom. New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has decided to discontinue Twitter updates for multiple reasons.
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