@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