 Breaking #FediverseNews 💥 WOW! The BBC now has an instance! BBC >>> https://social.bbc/about "The team at BBC Research & Development are researching social technologies and exploring possibilities for the #BBC. One part of our work is to establish a BBC presence in the Fediverse... This is an experiment - we will run it for 6 months, and then look at how much value it has provided" New BBC accounts you can follow: @BBCRD, @BBC5Live, @BBCRadio4, @BBC_News_Labs, @BBCTaster, @Connected_Studio 67 comments
@tchambers @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Would like a BBCNews account, the accounts above don't seem interesting to me per se. @mt @tchambers @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio I think this is the experiment. they said "We aim to learn how much value it has provided and how much work and cost is involved. Does it reach **enough people** for the effort we need to put in?", so I assume they start "small" with specialised accounts to test the water, and then see. the R&D account on #Twitter has 24k followers in 13 years, they have here on #mastodon about 5k in 6 hours @tchambers @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio starting off with radio 4 and 5 makes me think they must have some data on the demographics on here. Live score updates on 5 when the football starts again will be great. @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Will definitely prove lethal for a normal development of the app.An unnecessary interference of an unwanted agency.😲😲👽👽👽  @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Doing it the exact right way by leaving it closed to sign ups! Trying to moderate a public server was a pitfall other news orgs fell into. The future looks bright at the BBC. Now if only we could convince the #CBC :cbc: @mike @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Completely agree! This highlights one of the important differences and huge advantage of the Fediverse. Organizations such as the BBC can own and share their content without the responsibility for vetting and moderating user content. @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Having a closed instance also intrinsically verifies their accounts. @BBCRadio4 @BBCTaster @mastodonmigration @BBC_News_Labs @BBCRD @Connected_Studio @BBC5Live I followed some from US, but disappointed that @BBCTaster is not a baking and cooking account. @SinclairLewis @BBCRadio4 @BBCTaster @mastodonmigration @BBC_News_Labs @BBCRD @Connected_Studio @BBC5Live Where is their BBC radio/audio drama account? By the way @evoterra see above @weirdwriter@tweesecake.social BBC's audio dramas come from @BBCRadio4@social.bbc & @BBC5Live@social.bbc from what I've seen. Absolutely! You can do it too @gbhnews! And, let's give a big shoutout to our media instance pioneers the Tucson Sentinel @TucsonSentinel and Texas Observer Lives! @TexasObserver @mastodonmigration @mem_somerville @gbhnews @TucsonSentinel It's great to see BBC join the Fediverse with an instance! Let's also shout out @restofworld, another early example of a publication with an instance I'd love to see social media as a public media capacity, to enable the world to use social media for the public good, not just to make corporations richer. More like PBS and NPR, but social media SERVICE, beyond public media simply having social media accounts. Mastodon could be the platform. Love seeing BBC dipping in its toes here. @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio  @mastodonmigration How long until the BBC gets defederated because of rampant transphobia? @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio  @LordCaramac @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio It's read-only, randos can't open accounts there. @fgbjr There is quite a lot of regular transphobic content on the bloody BBC. @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio @fgbjr It's already happening, mastodon.art defederated social.bbc for transphobia @mastodonmigration An interesting aspect to this is they have made the ultimate blue checkmark for themselves. When #threads and the like eventually integrate, they'll be there, and they won't have to play any of the games Meta tries.  @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio If only the Torys hadn't done such a good job of destroying the BBC it world be a good sign. @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio this is great to see & hopefully the R&D department get a good 6 month experiment here to setup base permanently. Media companies don’t host their articles on some generic website so why be dependant on centralised platform like the old bird site - they should all aim to have their own instances that they can control fully @mastodonmigration @mastodonmigration This looks great. Unfortunately, my instance doesn't seem to know about the BBC instance yet. Have to wait a bit.  @shuttersparks You mean if you search for one of these user names you don't get a hit? As soon as you search, normal behavior would be to look them up and at that point your instance would know about them. @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BrianPierce @mastodonmigration I have a few emails in my Drafts folder about this. Is this the week they get sent? @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks this, but their implementation is exactly how I thought instances should be handled by individuals of renown, organizations and corporations. Make a whole private instance that becomes the verification of identity, and a channel of communication with the community and with itself. 99% of the time, they already own domains and websites, anyway. @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Umm ... 'groundbreaking' ? ard.social some might say the beeb are a tad late to the party (though no idea quite what constitutes being fashionably late under such circumstances).  @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio No one should be under any illusion that Mastodon is the definite solution to all social media problems out there, but it can only be evaluated by a solid period of investment and engagement, like the #BBC are doing here. @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Actually, you can see on https://social.bbc/public that the BBC re-host a lot of content that's not exactly vetted by the BBC. @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio See also this small message I just published that ends up on the BBC federated timeline : https://mastodon.social/@remyg/110810080227122043  @RGrunblatt Looks like one way for them to prevent that would be to switch on limited federation mode, which is quite the hammer and would block automatic federation with other servers https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/config/#limited_federation_mode This doesn't sound practical for a news organization. Another option would be to uncheck "Allow unauthenticated access to public timelines" in /admin/settings/discovery but that would kill the local timeline too. @RGrunblatt @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Good observation. Seems like the Federated feed picks up content that is somehow federated to their server.  @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio  @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Will they post less Tory propaganda now that they're here? @vruz @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Suspect that they will get constructive feedback if and when they do. @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio There will be lots of constructive input to be sure. @vruz @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Note that this is run by BBC Research and Development. So their remit is technological. Unlike, say, BBC Scotland who have a very obvious political angle to everything they do. @svgeesus @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Please note that, if you believe technology can't possibly be political, I have news for you. @vruz @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Good reminder so luckily, I don't. @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio That's exacty how it should be done. Kudos BBC @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio now that's a very interesting and positive way to go! @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio The BBC is deeply corrupt and institutionally transphobic from the top down. They'll be defederated quick enough... @mastodonmigration @BBCRD@social.bbc @BBC5Live@social.bbc @BBCRadio4@social.bbc @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc @BBCTaster@social.bbc @Connected_Studio@social.bbc nice! instantly suspended :antifa:  @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio really amazing initiative from BBC! I hope it works well for them and for the fediverse! @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio going to follow some of these to send a vote of support and signal to other news organizations to migrate from Sh*tter (I think that's how you pronounce Xitter or whatever it's called). @mastodonmigration they’re truly is an instance for everything. Who’d have thought there would be a dedicated Big Black Cock instance. 🤯 @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio that's really awesome, I hope your experiment goes well I’m so glad that BBC is here too! Followed all the accounts and am looking forward to the great content. @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Would love a BBC Future Planet handle! @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio how long until they get defederated for tooting transphobic material? 🤣 @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio Ever since I first learned about Mastodon I felt that it made sense for companies to run their own instance. Why be held hostage to the whims of another company when you can run your own instance and be in complete control? First the Dutch government and now BBC. Hopefully more will soon follow @mastodonmigration |
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Yes, and as it is a six month experiment, important that those who care about the Fediverse help boost this and offer help to them to make the promise of what they could do here real quickly...