Dan GillmorJul 31, 2023

The BBC's experiment with Mastodon is pathbreaking in English-language news -- a major organization setting up its own instance. They've really thought this through. Key language:

"We're using social.bbc as the domain, so you can be sure these accounts are genuinely from the BBC. And by linking to and from the BBC’s website, we have verified our identity on Mastodon."

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

Welcome to:
@BBCRD
@BBC5Live @BBCRadio4
@BBCTaster
@Connected_Studio
@BBC_News_Labs

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 threadlady troodle
@dangillmor @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio @BBC_News_Labs do I need to be on that bbc server to see their posts? Sorry technology just goes over my head! Thnx
Jul 31, 2023 at 8:52pmWeb
Show threadZumbadorAug 1, 2023

@TriciaScott

You don't need to be on the server, just follow the @ accounts you're interested in, and anything they post will appear in your home stream

Show threadlady troodleAug 1, 2023
@Zumbador thank you!!
Show threadMackajAug 1, 2023

@TriciaScott

Plus there's a bell 🔔 icon next to the follow button. If you select that too you'll get a notification every time they post something new. Though that might get noisy if they're prolific posters.

Another thing you can do is create a BBC list and add all their accounts to it. Then you can browse their posts and replies in one place.

@Zumbador

Show threadwakest likes your bugs ⁂Aug 1, 2023
@TriciaScott nope you can follow their posts from your current account