As it says in the title, the BBC is starting its own Mastodon instance. I think the CBC (and other news networks) should do similar. Particularly with the recent passing of Bill C-18 it seems like a world where the links we share are crossposts to news organization’s own content is the perfect resolution to that whole issue.

  • Hazzard@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    This is very intriguing… I actually work in CBC (nowhere near content or with the social media people who’d make these kinds of decisions), but as a developer I get 20% time to dabble with anything I think might be useful. I haven’t used it in a while, but a CBC ActivityPub instance may be just the right project, especially if it can auto-publish our content from the same feeds that power our site.

    • wisdomchicken@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Also, you might want to take a look at https://zdf.social/@ZDF and https://ard.social/

      ZDF and ARD are the two biggest broadcasters in Germany, and they both have their own ActivityPub (Mastodon) server.

      In case you needed some extra convincing that other large mainstream news organisations also have realised that this is actually a good idea that makes sense ;)

      A big news org from France is also on Mastodon with like 50k followers, but I cannot remember the name right now