Mastodon MigrationJul 31, 2023

Breaking #FediverseNews 💥

WOW! The BBC now has an instance!

BBC >>> https://social.bbc/about

"The team at BBC Research & Development are researching social technologies and exploring possibilities for the #BBC. One part of our work is to establish a BBC presence in the Fediverse... This is an experiment - we will run it for 6 months, and then look at how much value it has provided"

New BBC accounts you can follow: @BBCRD, @BBC5Live, @BBCRadio4, @BBC_News_Labs, @BBCTaster, @Connected_Studio

BBC Mastodon

This is an experimental Mastodon instance run by BBC Research and Development.

Mastodon hosted on social.bbc
Show threadTim Chambers

@mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio

Yes, and as it is a six month experiment, important that those who care about the Fediverse help boost this and offer help to them to make the promise of what they could do here real quickly...

Jul 31, 2023 at 4:26pmWeb
Show threadMartijn Tonies ✅Jul 31, 2023

@tchambers @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio

Would like a BBCNews account, the accounts above don't seem interesting to me per se.

Show threadConnelJul 31, 2023
@tchambers @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio starting off with radio 4 and 5 makes me think they must have some data on the demographics on here. Live score updates on 5 when the football starts again will be great.
Show threadDale ReardonAug 1, 2023
@tchambers @mastodonmigration @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio Perhaps the BBC would like to sponsor or help building those necessary moderation tools etc for scaling up the Fediverse? Would help everyone & be a pretty cheap but huge PR boost for the BBC