Jen SimmonsDec 16, 2022

Every news outlet should stand up a Mastondon instance for their reporters & staff.

It’ll be great to see [email protected] or whatever domain they want to use.

Built in verification. Every reporter for the Washington Post on a washpo domain. Every reporter for the New York Times on an NYTimes domain. Etc, etc.

Plus the “local” feed for each instance becomes a feed of all the posts from that institution mixed together — providing extra discovery.

Show threadJake Jarvis Dec 16, 2022
@jensimmons one thousand percent! and account migration easily solves the whole "what about if/when they get a different job?" predicament.
Show threadJake OuelletteDec 16, 2022
@jake @jensimmons I like this, though I am a little worried that (1) a company wouldn't allow your redirect if they fire you (2) what if they contract to multiple places and/or want to pitch their substack from their "official" account?
Show threadIrongeek (he/him)Dec 16, 2022
@jake @jensimmons @Jakeout surely this would be analogous to email? As a contractor you would have a company email address, but that wouldn't stop you having a private address too.
Show threadJake OuelletteDec 16, 2022
@Irongeek @jake @jensimmons not sure how that is relevant to my post? Did you think my post wasn't a response to the idea the mastodon's move tool can be used for maintaining social identity?
Show threadIrongeek (he/him)
@Jakeout @jake @jensimmons what I'm trying to say is that if even an instance won't let you move/redirect that doesn't invalidate the idea of newspapers (or other companies) having their own instances. I agree that allowing migration would be ideal but I don't think it is required - any more than you would have to expect an employer to forward emails to a new job.
Dec 16, 2022 at 8:46pmWeb