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.
I don't see why this wouldn't fit on status.github.com.
Social media posts were literally called "status updates" at some point.
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.
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?
My understanding is that when it's something that requires user action they'd directly send comms to customers.