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.
Dankry@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Somebody let me know when they actually leave twitter. This is a bullshit half measure.
chrisbit@leminal.space 1 year ago
I agree. I’d like to see them host their own Mastodon and leave a forwarding address on ‘X’.
hayalci@fstab.sh 1 year ago
BBC has just started doing that at social.bbc
Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I think this might become more common over time.
Up to this point, a lot of the news company’s online presence was probably pretty cut and dry. Some of my local news stations have terrible websites that take forever to load, yet those websites were probably cutting edge at some point.
If their IT department hasn’t expanded their skills beyond making and maintaining those original websites, I could totally see a long delay happening before they join the fediverse.
Roundcat@kbin.social 1 year ago
So basically they're not leaving, they are silencing their political coverage. They're not going anywhere, they're caving to pressure.
Dankry@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah pretty much, they might as well say “we’ve decided to sack Jerry from the Social Media team.”
jscummy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
What accounts did they actually remove? News and sports seem like they would be most of their presence
StorminNorman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
All the accounts for all their shows, as well as their journos. They produce a lot of original content, and have a lot of journalists. This is not an insignificant measure.
IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 1 year ago
Yeah this is only a bit as the mainstay of ABC is their news account. But it is a step in the right direction.
Shivering2574@outpost.zeuslink.net 1 year ago
This just comes off as “trying” to look good, to me