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Comment on 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

akilou@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Have multiple accounts and rotate through them with each post. But then you have to make sure all of your followers are following all accounts. It’s a shitty workaround but it’s a shitty platform to begin with.

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Zikeji@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
One likely reason they’re still on X is so those that didn’t get the memo to use their app or otherwise can’t still can still get alerts. Switching to multiple accounts would require people who likely wouldn’t notice to follow the others, and those that would do that would hopefully have downloaded the app. And yes, if a person isn’t noticing they need to get the app they likely won’t notice a critical alert, but when you’re dealing with people’s lives everything counts.

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LWD@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
At that point, I think it would be more reasonable to move people to a more resilient network, like someone else recommended, Mastodon would be good for this.

And that’s not to blindly shill for Mastodon. It genuinely happens to do this one thing particularly well.

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