We’ve just published an update about this Mastodon trial which has been running for the last 6 months – you can read it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2024-02-extending-our-mastodon-social-media-trial
We are going to continue our trial here for at least another six months while we share our findings internally and seek more engagement from other BBC teams. We are also planning to start researching ways to publish more BBC content using ActivityPub.
Just a reminder that, in case you don’t already, you can follow our R&D colleagues who work on news innovation - @BBC_News_Labs - and our team creating digital tools for creators to explore: @Connected_Studio
And for more regular updates, our colleagues at @BBCRadio4 and @BBC5Live bring you the best of what’s happening on those radio networks!
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Mixed success in following these accounts. BBCRadio4 has sat on [Requested] forever.
@guardeddon Could it be related to your instance? It's not a restricted account and can be followed immediately.
@richlv
DonMt think so, checked with the instance operator. He couldn’t help.
@guardeddon Sorry to hear that. All that I can offer is "worksforme" :)
I doubt BBC sees anything to approve either.
@guardeddon
Couldn't isn't the same as wouldn't. If he's using any of the various spurious lists of vast blocks it's likely he's blocking BBC's instance.
@richlv
@copperred @richlv
‘Following’ one of the BBC accounts as expected. Assuming bbc.social is a single instance. To best of my knowledge, qoto doesn’t apply onerous blocks. Some recent exchanges suggest qoto may be included on block lists shared through the fediverse. As a user, I have limited ability to diagnose. Perhaps a sign-up to a second instance may be a useful tactic.
There was so much drama from people upset about the BBC joining mastodon for their own domestic ish that I would be unsurprised about nonsense blocks. A technical issue is definitely possible, but a lot of people on here are a bit block list hysterical.
I had this with following someone, and it turned out it had glitched - they couldn't see the request, but when I unfollowed and followed again, it worked.
@unchartedworlds
I have done that a number of times. Two of the BBC accounts are fine, I’m shown as following. Others stuck as [Requested]. Somewhat annoyed that no-one connected with the BBC accounts has responded, it’s not as if they’re busy posting or each post garners a host of replies!
Aaah right - well I hope you do get a reply!
@guardeddon Might be your server? My follow request was fulfilled immediately.
@mooch I did check it out with the mod/admin/provider of my instance but couldn’t resolve. I belive Qoto does run on fork of Mastodon. But at least one of the BBC accts does ‘work’ as expected…
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