B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations
> Experts say it spells the end of social media as a reliable platform during an emergency.<p>I'm glad that the second line of the article already draws the correct conclusion from this.<p>Don't rely on proprietary infrastructure you have no control over for essential public functionality. What governments should be doing is set up their own social media servers sharing across all open protocols. The Dutch government is already setting up its own Mastodon instance, which is a start.