I wasn’t aware. What’s the BBC Mastodon server?
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stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 1 year ago
I hope more broadcasters will follow the BBC’s example and start running their own Mastodon servers.
It would be nice if the BBC instance had more accounts, like for breaking news, though. I know they’re just testing the waters, but they need to try having accounts posting things folks are the most interested in.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 year ago
Dankry@lemmy.world 1 year ago
According to their blog post announcing it, it’s social.bbc
Apparently they’ll be running it for six months and then determining if it’s worth continuing to operate.
stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 1 year ago
They’re just testing it out for now.
The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 year ago
Perfect. Thanks for the info.
ButtonMcLemming@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I even noticed that ARD and ZDF have their own Mastodon servers/instances. But I’m interested in how the BBC’s experimental Mastodon server would fare after their stated six-month time frame.
neutron@thelemmy.club 1 year ago
I wish they had region or language specific accounts (bbc world service, bbc spanish, french, russian, etc.).
Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Was a interesting reaction from some in the fediverse stating they would block the BBC instance etc. In reality how welcome are entity’s that are seen as corporate?