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.