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   Austin Huang ❤️ (austin@mstdn.party)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 10:35:57 JST Austin Huang ❤️

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   I think the #fediverse can play an important role here. Governments worldwide should establish their official #SocialMedia presence on the fediverse by hosting their own instances, instead of relying on commercial (and often foreign) platforms like X or Threads, as noted by @matabeee. Yes, there are government-operated instances in Europe, but those are more used for PR; their utility in #NaturalDisaster remains to be seen.

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     Austin Huang ❤️ (austin@mstdn.party)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 10:35:58 JST Austin Huang ❤️

     Yesterday's #earthquake in #Japan shows a possible weak link in #DisasterRelief. On one hand, conspiracy theories and spam were quickly unleashed on X, and an unofficial account that reposts official alerts was ratelimited. On the other hand some Japanese-speaking #fediverse instances were experiencing long delays in processing posts. In particular, Fedibird had to acquire another server to eliminate such delays, intensifying their already precarious financial situation.

     Tim Chambers repeated this.