BBC Research & DevelopmentJul 31, 2023

Hello to our new followers, which, for the one and only time, is everyone...

We'll be verifying our account very soon, but in the meantime, our top level domain should hopefully help confirm our identity, and we've also written about why we're here on Mastodon, what was involved to get here, and the other BBC accounts you can follow.

Say hi, follow and give us a boost!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub

The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media

Trialling ActivityPub and the federated model for social media and it's possibilities for the BBC.

BBC R&D
Show threadMichael VealeJul 31, 2023
great to see @BBCRD and @BBCRadio4 etc on the fediverse...! although buying a gTLD is an expensive way to verify yourself (upward of $150k...)
Show threadHaelwenn /элвэн/ 
@mikarv Erm, ccTLD are country-code TLDs, I don't think the BBC is a country. ^^
Jul 31, 2023 at 3:43pmWeb
Show threadChris Silverman 🌻Jul 31, 2023
@lanodan @mikarv yeah, I was wondering if they meant a brand TLD, like .bbc. I can see how a brand TLD would cost $150k, especially if the primary users are large companies/orgs as they seem to be right now.
Show threadMichael VealeJul 31, 2023
@lanodan yep, i meant gTLD, my error, will edit