Arbella Bet-ShlimonJul 1, 2023

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

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@abshlimon it’s tricky in austere media environments. It takes time to build followers and because data is so expensive, people tend to use it strategically. Making a shift to a new platform is expensive and needs time, which people may not have in crises like Sudan and Ethiopia right now. Twitter’s implosion is a major disaster where breaking news needs to be shared quickly in established networks
Jul 2, 2023 at 9:10amWeb