What BBC joining Mastodon means for the Fediverse
@BBCBreaking
account with over 50 million followers, have historically been one of the first ways in which many people have gotten access to news as it happens. If they replicate the content they already make to other social networks that could be a huge win for the group of open source projects, like Mastodon, known commonly as the Fediverse.
bbc.social
just yet. Their two radio channel accounts, @BBCRadio4 and @BBC5Live are currently close to 20,000 followers between them. This might be a lot for a Mastodon server but is a fraction of their reach on Twitter.
The time, effort and cost of running a small server with a high follower count is also not to be overlooked - it’s a non-trivial effort if done in-house, rather than using a managed Mastodon service like mastodon.site. This might prove too much effort for the reward for the R&D team who have other responsibilities.
We’re looking forward to seeing how this goes, and if you want to help them succeed, check out their pages and give them a follow.