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   Pete Wright (pete_wright@nlogic.systems)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 03:12:29 JST Pete Wright
   In whats i'm sure not be a shock to anyone, but the #fediverse is basically useless in an emergency. There was *some* slightly useful info. But the fact that search is garbage and no one has a coherent way to use hash tags makes it pretty pointless if you are trying to coordinate on a hyper-local level with normal, non tech obsessed people. its fine for other stuff, but certainly not useful when things are really chaotic and time sensitive.
   
   bluesky is garbage too, but it did have a few useful things out there and the search was at least usable even if it was mostly just idiots spreading misinfo.
   
   shockingly instagram seemed to provide the most useful, actionable info for me over the past several days. that and traditional media like TV.
   
   now that the media has entered the "blame game" phase its looking like print media will be the most reliable source of info moving forward.
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 03:13:23 JST feld

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     @pete_wright Twitter was hyper optimized for this use case and idk if we'll ever see that again
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     Fish of Rage (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 03:25:58 JST Fish of Rage

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     @feld centralization has its benefits
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 03:30:13 JST feld

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     • Fish of Rage
     @anemone @sun Usenet groups too
     
     Mailing lists aren't dead yet and would work fine if there were regional emergency / disaster ones provisioned and you just need to subscribe.
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     anemone@ebiverse.social's status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 03:30:14 JST anemone

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     @sun@shitposter.world @feld@friedcheese.us gnusocial had groups which would be somewhat useful in a situation like this