I’m seeing folks from #Sudan on #twitter despairing that the site’s new limits, and its general m*sk-era brokenness, will compromise their ability to stay updated on the catastrophe unfolding in their homeland and share emergency info.

Once more: mastodon/fediverse needs to think seriously about how to expand to users in Asia and Africa and how to handle emergencies #twitterdown

@abshlimon @julieofthespirits I have tried a few times with #BreakingNews hashtag. It seems to work ok. Abd yes, this is a critical point. Though partly this is marketing. Twitter abd meta come preloaded on phones, with stripped down versions.