BBC News LabsJul 31, 2023

Hi, we are BBC News Labs #introduction

We’re charged with driving innovation for BBC News. Our team of technologists and journalists explore how new tools and formats affect how news is found and reported.

You can find out more at https://bbcnewslabs.co.uk/ and we’ll be posting here about our work

This account is part of an experiment from BBC R&D in establishing a BBC presence in the Fediverse.

BBC News Labs

Driving Innovation In News

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This account is part of an experiment from BBC R&D in establishing a BBC presence in the Fediverse. You can read more about this experiment at 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.

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Show threadGunChleocJul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Welcome 👋
Show threadSteven SandovalJul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs We will watch your career with great interest.
Show threadthe roamerJul 31, 2023

@BBC_News_Labs

Welcome to Mastodon, BBC News Lab. Exciting to see you and the whole BBCRD here!

Looking forward to your posts!

#BBC #BroadcastMedia

Show threadDontyJul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Good to see you here. Look forward to seeing posts from you and engaging on the Fediverse.
Show threadJamieJul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs A great step in the right direction. Hopefully some of the big names from the BBC will be here soon too. I’d love to see the likes of Greg James, Jordan North, Vick Hope and Mollie King here, as well as the official Radio 1 account.
Show threadFrau Nora 🦋Jul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs
Noch mehr Medien!
@Sebastian
Show threadTom S.Jul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Great to see the BBC on mastodon 😃 Hope the BBC uses it more and more in the future.
Show threadCassidy James   Jul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs welcome, glad to see you here!
Show threadBlack Chic with the Red TruckJul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Welcome BBC!! 😃
Show threadOtávio CarneiroJul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Following! Welcome to Mastodon!
Show threadMeercat ✅ 
Jul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Hey, welcome to fediverse!
Show threadJoris MeysJul 31, 2023

@BBC_News_Labs a bit funny though that there's a twitter link (or X these days) and a github link under ghe "follow us" section of your homepage, but no Mastodon one (yet).

Anyways, what handles offer daily news?

Show threadEcomateJul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Nice!!! -great that The BBC starts utilizing the Fediverse and thereby hopefully avoiding potential biases associated with using centralized corporate owned platforms like X/Facebook 👍
Show threadBiggestBulb 💡🏳️‍🌈🧑‍💻Jul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs welcome to the Fediverse!!!
Show threadMark LiederbachJul 31, 2023

@BBC_News_Labs Welcome 👋

Try to use hashtags wherever it's necessary. That's the currency for discovery around here.

Show threadSadderp 🇮🇪 🇪🇺💚Jul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Welcome.
Show threadMarco BellacciniJul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs great! 😀
I hope that we'll be able to follow your example!
Show threadstoicmikeJul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs You have 4.7K followers waiting, but you have only followed 1 account? How is that an experiment in social media?
Show threadJeroen BaertJul 31, 2023

@BBC_News_Labs Welcome!

https://www.forceflow.be/2022/11/11/moving-from-twitter-to-mastodon/

A guide to Mastodon (for Twitter users) - Jeroen Baert's Blog

Last Update: 22/07/2023 (Links cleanup) General resources Huh? What is a server? Why should I care? This is where the first major difference between Mastodon and Twitter becomes clear: Update: Since May 2023, Mastodon uses mastodon.social as the default instance using the sign-up process on mobile. This should make it …

Jeroen Baert's Blog
Show threadShiroJul 31, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Looking forward to reading some of your posts. Welcome to the frontier!
Show threadTRANSit BIke nerdAug 1, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Most servers have no tolerance rules toward posting transphobic content, not aure yozr experiment is going to last a long time before the only people who can read you are far right fuckers insulting you for not caving enough to their demands
Show threadNoelle De GuzmanAug 1, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs hello!
Show threadValheru RidesAug 1, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Hopefully an experiment that will lead to something greater.
Show thread周子愉 Fausto Chou Aug 1, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Nice! Congratulations
Show threadAndreas M. Heitmann Aug 1, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Hello there. Nice to see you ...
Show threadJoe MitchellAug 1, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Great to see :)
Show threadGreg Clarke 🇨🇦 Aug 1, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs welcome! Will there be topic specific BBC news accounts?
Show threadBBC News LabsAug 1, 2023
@greg we're hoping more accounts will come on board at some point, but can't guarantee it yet
Show threadAndrew ClementAug 1, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Welcome to the Fedi-verse
Show threadGordWaitAug 1, 2023

@BBC_News_Labs

I like this idea..

Show threadRrrurboatlibadAug 1, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs yes please
Show threadSam SolomonAug 2, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs this is great! Mastodon is even better for individuals though, so it would be amazing to help some of your reporters to set up work accounts on the official domain to post their own stories and interact with their readers.
Show threadMgrrlAug 2, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs welcome! Looking forward to 6music joining too please!