hedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 15 days agoMozilla.Social is Shutting Downwedistribute.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
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minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoHard disagree. Running your own social media server for official accounts, so you’re not beholden to the whims of other providers, is kind of an obvious thing to do for online organizations.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-215 days agoI wish more news organizations would do this. Make the instance only for the employees and have the public follow them through public instances. It solves the following issues Social media independence Validate account authenticity through the instance domain name Ability for followers migration between instances (leave, join, change news organization)
Hard disagree.
Running your own social media server for official accounts, so you’re not beholden to the whims of other providers, is kind of an obvious thing to do for online organizations.
I wish more news organizations would do this. Make the instance only for the employees and have the public follow them through public instances.
It solves the following issues