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
@dangillmor @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio @BBC_News_Labs
Ooh, finally - well done to the beeb!
(cc ICYMI: @DSmith_Tucson @samtranum @mhdelaney @mnutty @faduda @caseynewton - seems relevant to that recent thread: https://mastodon.ie/@clickhere/110745681444145885)
@clickhere @dangillmor @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio @BBC_News_Labs @samtranum @mhdelaney @mnutty @faduda @caseynewton
Local news orgs 9 months ahead of nationals? Par for the course.... ; )
@DSmith_Tucson @dangillmor @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio @BBC_News_Labs @samtranum @mhdelaney @mnutty @faduda @caseynewton
Ahead of the curve, as ever!