Centerville Utah, a local municipality became the first city, as far as I know anyway that has joined the rush to Twitter.

Though I can’t argue that getting information to city residents in a timely manner is important, rushing to use an as of yet unproven technology to disseminate that information could be a problem.

Will the system (Twitter) stand up to a crisis or catastrophic event? Will Twitter be able to be relied on as a technology now and in the future? Does the existing Privacy Policy of Twitter conflict with any local privacy issues or laws?

Time will tell but for now I don’t think that municipalities should be engaging in the Twitter fad.

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