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Just a reminder that, in case you don’t already, you can follow our R&D colleagues who work on news innovation - @BBC_News_Labs - and our team creating digital tools for creators to explore: @Connected_Studio And for more regular updates, our colleagues at @BBCRadio4 and @BBC5Live bring you the best of what’s happening on those radio networks! 34 comments
  @ben @BBCRD Fedi already has more than one unofficial "Now Playing on 6Music" bot. For example @JBsWhatsOn6 While I'm sure that an official version would be nice it probably shouldn't be BBC R&D's highest priority for the Fediverse right now. @ben @BBCRD @JBsWhatsOn6 Actually I've thought about this some more. It really really shouldn't be the BBC's job to provide "Now Playing" bots for its radio or television programmes. What the BBC should be doing is making sure that the necessary data is easily available via RSS or a well documented API, and then letting other people build the services based on that. Decentralise the data rather than nagging a giant corporation to provide a specific service. @losttourist @ben @BBCRD @JBsWhatsOn6 At least the BBC stations do post whats-playing to last.fm, then bots can use the API there. And RSS is available from Mastodon; just add /rss to the username eg https://dizl.de/@JBsWhatsOn6.rss and load that in your favourite RSS reader! @johnb_rox @ben @BBCRD @JBsWhatsOn6 The Mastodon account whose RSS feed you linked is not a BBC account and in theory could be subject to a BBC cease-and-desist request although I doubt they'd ever do that. But really it should be the BBC themselves, as the source of the information, who ought to be providing an RSS feed or other way to officially obtain the data. @BBCRD sorry, haven't seen any #GQT #gardening content so far, it is @BBCRadio4 , isn't it? Please! @BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live I've pointed out before that you have not added a Mastodon link to your list of socials on your home page. To increase visibility, please add a Mastodon link!! @rotan @BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live Rotan offers some sagely advice.  @rotan @BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live agreed, it's like doing a trial without actually trying... Large media orgs like the BBC could drive huge numbers of people to Mastodon and drive growth and engagement across the board. As it is I've seen little or anything of the BBC content I know and love - news, weather, etc. and the brand continues to get diluted by bots and scam accounts trading on the BBC name. @BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live @BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live and Connected_Studio and BBC5Live 🤔  @guardeddon Could it be related to your instance? It's not a restricted account and can be followed immediately. @guardeddon Sorry to hear that. All that I can offer is "worksforme" :) @guardeddon  I had this with following someone, and it turned out it had glitched - they couldn't see the request, but when I unfollowed and followed again, it worked. @unchartedworlds @mooch I did check it out with the mod/admin/provider of my instance but couldn’t resolve. I belive Qoto does run on fork of Mastodon. But at least one of the BBC accts does ‘work’ as expected… @BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live I get wanting to think about News feeds carefully first but one thing I'm curious about is that I have a couple of bot accounts fed from different BBC News RSS feeds, and I know I'm not the only one Do you have any feel for how many such mirror accounts there might be? I think that sort of discovery can be hard on the Fediverse but can you tell from the web server logs?  @snail @BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live @BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live But no news.... People are relying on a 3rd party bot, because they were expecting news from YOU. @BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live The previously named bot is @BBCWorld @BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live Thanks for continuing to be a part of the fediverse. If I had one suggestion, it would be to please put more #ElisAndJohn content on the 5 live feed 😁   @BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live +1 for 6 Music and can you get rid of shady guy Robin Gibb (not Bee Gees) or at least tell him I called him a bellend. Thanks! :pg: @BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live What works is publishing more content, your feeds are really thin at present! |
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@BBCRD A rolling track listing from the 6Music folk would be appreciated 🎧