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

• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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• Brkdncr@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨8⁩ ⁨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.

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• hansl@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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  • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • hansl@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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.

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      • Lumilias@pawb.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They made their own: unnerv.jp/@UN_NERV

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  • Mane25@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • hansl@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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.

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      • Mane25@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨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.

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• skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s a secondary feature of a mysterious enterprise, unknown to americans, called “public media”

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• skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just mass send SMSs in a given area

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