While Mastodon is not Twitter, and some people are wondering about how things like #eqnz would work in a civil emergency, I'd like to remind people if you use the Mastodon website you can _follow_ a hashtag.
Most of the apps* don't yet support following hashtags, but they will put the posts to that hashtag to your feed.
*especially the official app
Follow
Well there is the @eqnz
bot people can follow if they want. Plus on local instances other people will post updates faster and get people connected.
@lightweight
Often talks about the need for government agencies to use the #fediverse.
Hoping they will join as well, so emergency updates can be better conveyed.
Space to watch.
