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Japanese disaster prevention X account can’t post anymore after hitting API limit - The issue has arisen after major Tsunami warnings have been issued in areas of Japan following a strong earthquake (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Create your own emergency notification system!

Those never turn out well.

Running their own mastodon instance should be viable though.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I remember seeing that they did have a fediverse account? This seems related to that

Yup see here:

https://lemmy.ca/post/3167523

It's also in the article linked above:

Luckily, the creators of the NERV App, Gehirn Inc, have created an app-based alternative for users to get information in real-time, as well as running a Mastodon account.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Los Angeles/ California earthquake alert system worked just fine today.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Does that go through regular EAS? Wondering.

FWIW, Japan does have emergency alerts on iOS and Android, same thing as the Netherlands and the UK.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Is Mastodon even viable for time sensitive information? You need to wait for your instance to propagate the post from their instance which can take time.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As opposed to waiting until next month for your API call limit to reset?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’d suggest they join a system that has users, proper SLA and an open frontpage.

As much as you might like Mastodon for being open, there are no SLA between instances. Bluesky or Threads likely do.

Not saying they shouldn’t start their own Mastodon, but not for emergency and time sensitive things. Or just for people who can’t access those other services. More options also mean more reach.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

They made their own: https://unnerv.jp/@UN_NERV

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Is Twitter/X viable for that? They can decide, and have, to randomly put information behind login walls.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They technically still have an SLA, but it’s unclear how much they respect it. And if X isn’t viable there are other platforms that are.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

SLA? If that means something like "service level agreement" (I don't know, you didn't specify, I'm guessing) then I can still find examples where it falls well below what I would expect from a public service such that if there was an agreement in place that I would definitely be opposed to it as a tax payer.

And if X isn’t viable there are other platforms that are.

I mean yes obviously, there are much more viable platforms like Mastodon, or even a self-hosted website.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It's a secondary feature of a mysterious enterprise, unknown to americans, called "public media"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Just mass send SMSs in a given area