Japan prefectures drift away from posting disaster warnings on X - eviltoast
A growing number of prefectures have stopped posting disaster warnings on the platform due to limits on the number of free posts allowed.

A growing number of prefectures have stopped posting disaster warnings on the platform due to limits on the number of free posts allowed.

    • queerly_hot@kbin.social
      26·
      1 year ago

      They are now relying more on other communication methods such as email, the Line messaging app, their official website, and the L-Alert system, which shares information to media outlets who broadcast it to citizens.

      • stopthatgirl7@kbin.socialOP
        16·
        1 year ago

        No, they haven’t. NERV is running its own Mastodon server, but that’s not run by any government agency and is a private company.

        The different prefectures are still weighing options.

        • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          1 year ago

          If I were in charge of disaster warnings, a distributed, redundant system like the Fediverse would seem to be the perfect option for a warning system.

          But what do I know…

        • yui@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          NERV? Like the agency from Evangelion? I’m not too familiar with any other abbreviation than that haha.

        • tiredofsametab@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, I wish the government would do something. Preferably something that exists today, but I trust they’d want to make their own shitty app. At least then it’d be in one place, I suppose. Emergency alerts on phones are a thing for many people, but not everything is that level of emergency.