“As the social media landscape ebbs and flows, 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 distributed
collection of social networks known as the Fediverse, a collection of social
media applications all linked together by common protocols. The most common
software used in this area is Mastodon, a Twitter-like social networking service
with around 2 million active monthly users. We are now running an experimental
BBC Mastodon server at https://social.bbc [https://social.bbc] where you can
follow some of the BBC’s social media accounts, including BBC R&D, Radio 4 and 5
Live. We hope to be able to add more accounts from other areas of the BBC at
some point.”
This is interesting, hosting their own server. It is kinda like truth.social…but with actual truth.
I think it makes perfect sense for groups like these, that will potentially have a lot of official accounts under one umbrella. A bit like an unofficial official badge, knowing a profile comes from a certain instance gives it a sort of credibility.
The Netherlands did something similar. More countries should follow!
I think it makes perfect sense for groups like these, that will potentially have a lot of official accounts under one umbrella. A bit like an unofficial official badge, knowing a profile comes from a certain instance gives it a sort of credibility.
tbh every corporate should as well for their official social media outlets.