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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.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago (12 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

@Hazzard @grte

Yes, this can actually be done. There's a tool called #MastoFeed that allows you to post RSS content to the fediverse. Some publications like #DarkReading are exploring using MastoFeed to publish their articles.

Their account can be found here: https://infosec.town/@darkreading

That being said, not sure if a bot account is what people are hoping for if #CBC decides to join the fediverse...

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