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Time to switch to mastodon.
Did you even bother to read the article?
Yes. They need to dump twitter
The problem here is they need to stay where the users are. It doesn't matter if Twitter is shit, as long as that's where people are the broadcasts need to be there to reach as many people as possible. Hell, if 90% of the people are on IRC then they should also support IRC. Dumping Twitter isn't going to make it better, it would only mean people are less likely to get warnings -> more people in danger.
At least with a half broken app there's still a chance.
Maybe, but a wouldn't it be way better to rely on a service every cellphone can receive by default, namely cell broadcast?
They even implemented this in Germany a few years ago after it has been available for twenty odd years.
Pretty sure emergency mobile broadcasts are included (at least by gov agencies) but you know what happens with these things that are only used for emergencies:
"It's annoying can't I turn it off?"
That's why I still think the more methods the better. It's probably one of the few reasons I'm okay with being bombarded with messages (not in jp, but literally got 2 earthquake warnings yesterday).
It looks like Japan's current implementation of their J-Alert system can start warning citizen about 2 seconds after the info is automatically received by the system. It warns them via nationwide loudspeakers, TV, radio, email, and cell phones. So they've got their bases covered, so to speak. They may be able to turn off alerts on their phone (the article doesn't say), but probably not on anything else. Definitely not the loudspeakers.
Kind of! Their Masto feed could be an RSS that feeds into all platforms. Decentralise!!!
Switch to != just use it on the side. Drop X, loudly make clear why, and point people to Mastodon.
https://unnerv.jp/@UN_NERV
The issue is they still have a twitter though. If they offered a twitter account and I currently only used twitter, why would I create another account on mastodon?
In case you would benefit from a warning but they get rate limited and can't send it.
I'm surprised they're not on Mastodon. Since Japan is actually more attuned to Mastodon than Twitter.
Also doesn't Japan hate the letter X?
They are on mastodon
Oh come on man, reading articles is so 2023.
I didn't read the article either, I just saw someone's correction in the comments 🤷 I just wanted them to know. My use of italics probably made my comment come off as more snarky or condescending than I meant for it to :/
they should dump twitter!
Twitter? What is this, 2023? :)
Have you actually seen Japan social media usage? They're like the second largest Twitter market in the world. Why would they be more attuned to Mastodon vs Twitter?