RE: https://socialbc.ca/@fname/116339284390546388

Big welcome to @fname!!

He’s bringing his regional BC news bots to SocialBC for links straight from the news wires!

Super excited to be able to provide this for SocialBC and all Fedizens. It is a big part of our mission to have local, verified, and trusted information sources for people in B.C. on Fedi.

Below are the bots to follow. They will be on Quiet Public mode so they don’t overwhelm the live timelines.
#socialbc
@kamloopsnews
@kelownanews
@cranbrooknews
@nanaimonews
@princegeorgenews

Shout out and reminder to all #SocialBC members!

Our Polling Options and Character Limits Poll is ongoing! If you haven't voted yet, DM me for your link (@socialbc.ca accounts only).

If you have an opinion about small or large character counts on SocialBC and want to share it, please do! I'll boost all takes.

The poll ends on April 15.

And don't forget to check out our March 2026 newsletter at:
https://socialbc.org/newsletters.html

More good news today! According to Fedidb.com, #SocialBC has re-reached and surpassed its initial monthly active user count from a year ago.

We're now at a tiny but mighty 67! Total number of accounts is 163, up from 102 a year ago.

We're up 20 users from January, so it's been a good start to the year.

(note that fedidb erroneously lists our servers as still being in Portugal, even though we have moved to Vancouver. Not sure when it will update)

https://fedidb.com/servers/socialbc.ca
#Mastodon

We have had 10 people answer the character count and polling options poll so far from our March Newsletter! (that's about 15% of our 60 active users.)

All SocialBC users are encouraged to participate. Message me for your personal link to the poll. It will end April 15.

If you missed the Newsletter, it is here: https://socialbc.org/newsletters.html

#SocialBC #Poll #Community #Mastodon

This year’s Herring Spawn at Salmon Beach in Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ territory is featured in a NASA article!

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/satellite-spots-a-spawn/

The picture is of Barkley Sound, on Vancouver Island. It is part of the territories of many Nuuchanulth and Maanulth nations at the mouth of Alberni Inlet.

https://www.ufn.ca

Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ was anglicized to “Ucluelet”: the name of the nearby town, and companion to Tofino at each end of the Pacific Rim National Park.

I need to add the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ logo to #socialbc!

📢 March 2026 Newsletter for SocialBC Members! 📢 

Our March 2026 Newsletter is out! https://socialbc.org/newsletters/March2026NewsletterSocialBCandSOSSBC.pdf

There's a poll for input about changing our character count and polling options!

SocialBC Members can DM me or email [email protected] for their unique poll link. Only #socialBC members are allowed to participate.

Please check out the link for more news!

We'll be publishing these quarterly at: https://socialbc.org/newsletters.html

#Mastodon #SocialBC #BC #Announcement

Just to let folks know.
If you are considering switching instances, ours is a “closed” instance mainly as a way to avoid the spam/bot storms.
If you live in or have a family connection to British Columbia, you are welcome! ❤️

Here’s our About page :)
https://socialbc.ca/about
We are run as part of a registered non-profit Society of Open Social Servers of British Columbia.

The Team is: @artbysarahsammis @dylanre
@trishalynn @arbutus @jrenken

#socialbc #mastodon #instances

We’ll be putting out a #SocialBC email and announcement next week for exciting plans to come! Look for it in your inbox, on the Announcements on the front page and I’ll post it as a thread as well.

Stay tuned and have a wonderful first weekend of spring! Beautiful here in traditional un-ceded Tseshaht  and Hupacasath  territories!

Time for some outside time! The rhodo is waking up!

#tseshaht #hupacasath #portalberni #bc #community #spring

#SocialBC udpated to v4.5.7

#Mastodon