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Japan prefectures drift away from posting disaster warnings on X (www.japantimes.co.jp)
submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A growing number of prefectures have stopped posting disaster warnings on the platform due to limits on the number of free posts allowed.

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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thing is, it made sense until Twitter got sold to a capricious billionaire. Twitter was very stable and their rules didn’t change much before then. The APIs made them an easy way to send out a lot of info in a popular, easily to access way. It worked well as a system for both government agencies and citizens, until Elon decided to stick his dick in it.

[–] masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

It never made sense. Government should not have favourites in social media. Everything government does should be on an open standard.

[–] johannes@lemmy.jhjacobs.nl 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But thats exactly the problem :) some ego steps in and boom! As a foreign government you simply cant trust that a privatly owned company has your best interest at heart, and they shouldn’t.

[–] meldroc@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Yep. The BBC & NPR found that out. Notice that the BBC stood up their own Mastodon instance - they know the value of owning one's house instead of renting.