Japan Earthquake Alert App Says Sayonara to X - Unseen Japan

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• medborgare@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is “switched” really correct? They’ve been on Mastodon since 2017.

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  • remotelove@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Once the service stops using Twitter for something else, it could be considered a full “switch” I suppose.

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  • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I rewrote the title a few times, couldn’t settle on anything

    Probably should have just included the relevant part of the article

    We are moving forward under the premise that our operations should move from platforms managed by other companies to those within our control. Our app of course works on Apple and Google but these are different in terms of API constraints. On the other hand, distribution on ActivityPub is where we can manage our content completely independently. For this reason, in response to requests to move our operations onto different platforms will eventually only result in the same outcome as this time and therefore will not be considered. As NERV posts are still accessible via social media linked with ActivityPub, we plan to continue sharing there.

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    • sj_zero ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The future I wish to see!
• JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This looks like a glimpse of how Mastodon (specifically: ActivityPub protocol) can really detrone Twitter. The world is full of governments and agencies and other Very Serious Organizations. They must hate having to depend on a single private company to get their message out. They must be itching for an alternative that gives them the kind of control that have with phone numbers and email addresses and websites. Surely this is Mastodon’s golden opportunity.

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  • insertfloppydiskhere@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Absolutely! I’ve been contacting the national directorates and Very Serious Organizations in my country asking if they have strategies in place for effectively communicate with the public, in light of Twitter requiring an account to read its content (this happened some weeks ago). I always link to other public bodies or Very Serious Organizations that have done it. Same goes for political parties.

    Make them understand that there is a need for reliable communication, and show them that others are doing it as well.

    We need to remember that Mastodon (and Lemmy for that Cass) still are pretty niche things. Every example of Very Serious Organizations that joins lowers the barrier of entry for the next Very Serious Organization.

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    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Exactly. And well done for being a busybody in a good cause! The world needs more people like you.

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• NeonWoofGenesis@l.henlo.fi ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is the app seriously called NERV? 🤣

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  • PineapplePartisan@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And the logo is a scorpion for some reason?

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• PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  TL;DR: X’s rate increases are costing the service about ¥6 million per month. As that is very expensive, they would rather spend their money developing their own platform and using a free social media platform to disseminate information.

  ”…move our operations onto different platforms will eventually only result in the same outcome as this time and therefore will not be considered.”

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• AndreyAsimow@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Good choice Japan!

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• wisdomchicken@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  488k is the number of posts, they have 19k followers. Pretty great news still tho

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  • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Whoops

    Someone else said it and I didn’t translate to check

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• anthoniix@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I feel like the only thing that can dethrone twitter now is mastodon, given how it’s setup. I don’t really think bluesky will work anymore.

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• Gsus4@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  さよなら　もてるふける

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• sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Much better title!

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  • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I felt weird about changing the original title, but I really didn’t like the one the article had

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    • sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Twitter changing its name to ex is unnecessarily confusing.

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• gingerwolfie@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Amazing. We need more service accounts to move!

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• williwmse@bolha.forum ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  ''How to save Twitter video (Convert Twitter to mp4)?

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• yoz@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Does anyone has a link to it?

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