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BBC starts experimenting with the Fediverse, running its own Mastodon instance (social.bbc)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Universities have experimented with more private social networks. I remember YikYak back in my uni days. They either don't have the resource to spin one up or they don't know about it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Might not qualify as a social network, but university hosted IRC servers were a thing once.