I honestly have a lot of empathy for people who are having trouble letting go of Twitter because they used to be popular, or very engaged, there. I made amazing relationships there, and there was a time when I really loved the feedback loop I had. (I didn’t care that much about being “known”, but I valued the access it gave me.) It’ll be years before the fediverse reaches its own equivalent strengths, and I don’t fault anyone for struggling to transition from a familiar (if failing) platform.
I hope public agencies transition to Mastodon soon.
When there's an emergency public notification (earthquake, flood, wildfire, mass shootings, tornado, hurricane; all the favorites of Republican billionaire donors)
People who were suspended from Twitter or are boycotting Twitter or refuse to use Twitter aren't getting these alerts now
Public safety.
@Npars01 @anildash I did some work on this last fall. It is a hard problem. There are major Mastodon instances that would defederate from other instances that provided accounts to government agencies Government really needs dedicated instances, but that means moderating, and moderating (as opposed to using a system that is generally moderated) is a hell of a legal and policy challenge. Also, there are no govtech vendors with experience running Mastodon servers.
Hard. But it's being solved.