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It's interesting that they decided to make their own server and not just join a popular instances like Mastodon Social. I know part of it is then experimenting but if the goal is to just have a presence in the Fediverse, it sounds like a lot of effort for little reason.
It's interesting you have this opinion; I figured this would be the biggest draw for corporations-- they're no longer beholden to some third party for their media presence-- it's all hosted and controlled by themselves;.
In email terms, it's the difference between
tide@gmail.comandtide@tide.com.Edit: I don't have any idea why I went with
tide, so if you find yourself wondering why I did that, get in line. hahahr_ibm@gmail.com
VS
hr@ibm.com
Lol
It also solves the verification problem. It's without a doubt the best way to go for an organization - especially news orgs.
That's true, but to be honest there's already a pretty good verification system on Mastodon, even if you don't host your own instance.
Yes and no. And verifying by domain is better, especially for people who are likely to be impersonated (ex. Journalists).
Rel="me" doesn't actually verify a user's identity, it verifies that a user has a relationship with a website. The problem is that you need to leave Mastodon to make sure that the website actually verifies their identity. I've verified a connection between a Mastodon and Pixelfed account, for example, but it doesn't tell you anything about who I am. It's also much easier to spoof a website than it is to get the BBC to give you an account on their private instance.
It really works great the other way though! If you have a known identity here, you can be sure that the linked sites are legit.
I would give you all the uploads if I could. This 1,000%
It's instant verification for all their accounts and an instance that won't disappear on them.
You may as well say the same thing about having their own website vs using Facebook.
This kind of thing is exactly the point of the Fediverse. They control and own their content, they control who gets to post from their URL.
Treat it like email. Thats how Mastodon will grow
No, this is what they should be doing. It's the difference between owning your house and renting. They get to make the rules on their instance, they're not at the mercy of a tech bro company or a trash billionaire that might have a political agenda against actual journalism...
After what happened to the BBC and NPR on Twitter, who can blame them for saying "Fine, we'll do it ourselves!"
You’ve missed the entire point of Federation then.
I guess with twitter they learned the lesson of being beholden to a rogue CEO/admin who can take away verified status or change the rules on a whim. It is better that they maintain their own official presence that they control.
Could be that BBC employees can have their own accounts on mastodon going forward