Census API shut down with no notice. http://outage.census.gov/closed.html damning for "government as a platform."
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Replying to @cjoh
@cjoh “damning” because you’re saying no one noticed? (not true) or that@uscensusbureau didn’t give notice? (they did)1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @digiphile
@digiphile lots of people noticed, no, appropriate notice was not given. How long did google give before they shut down reader?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @cjoh
@cjoh@digiphile to be fair to my@uscensusbureau colleagues they didn't get to control shut down timeline like Google did.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mikekruger
@mikekruger@cjoh the@uscensusbureau could have sent out a tweet &/or email to all developers with API keys. They have such a list.2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @digiphile
@digiphile@cjoh@uscensusbureau that was in the plan. Did it not happen?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mikekruger
@mikekruger@digiphile@uscensusbureau why was it necessary to shut it down in the first place? Does it require constant staff attention?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @cjoh
@cjoh@mikekruger@digiphile@uscensusbureau my ?'s as well. http://healthindicators.gov and http://health.data.gov are still up-ish.@kinlane1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @skram
@skram@cjoh@mikekruger@uscensusbureau@kinlane As I understand it, operations for those sites are already funded. If shutdown drags on…1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@digiphile @cjoh @mikekruger @uscensusbureau @kinlane gotcha, I understand not providing support but taking APIs down is excessive (to me)
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