Martin HollandApr 14, 2023

While #NPR and #PBS have quit #Twitter (without mentioning #Mastodon however), Germany's biggest public broadcaster #ARD and #ZDF are not only already testing their own instances for quite a while (https://dev.ard.social/public/local & https://zdf.social/public/local): The first proper account is now live and posts news articles from northern Germany – @NDR

Let's see, if NPR and PBS find their way here. Oh and where is the #BBC?

#Twitter #TwitterTakeover #ElonMusk #SocialMedia

dev.ARD.social

Die offizielle DEV-Mastodon-Instanz der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD). Bestimmt für die redaktionellen Angebote der ARD.

Mastodon, gehostet auf dev.ard.social
Show threadbasisbit 🦈🇪🇺🇺🇦 🔜 KnStApr 14, 2023
@mho @NDR
Any idea why they aren't using social.bund.de?
Show threadmorph
@basisbit Why should they?
Apr 14, 2023 at 12:18pmWeb
Show threadbasisbit 🦈🇪🇺🇺🇦 🔜 KnStApr 14, 2023
@morph Less administration overhead and less confusion about which mastodon servers are "official" government-owned instances.
Show threadReiner Jung 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 🇪🇺Apr 14, 2023
@basisbit @morph ARD and ZDF are not government organizations. It would be quite strange to have them on there.
Show threadDaniel MolkentinApr 14, 2023
@basisbit @morph Grüße aus der Staatsferne im Rundfunkstaatsvertrag :)