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1. gbhnews (gbhnews@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 04:12:41 JST gbhnews

   👋 Hello #fediverse! I'm going into a meeting at 4ET to talk about our newsroom's social media options.

   If you think our station and other #NPR stations should have a Mastodon server and a broader presence in the #fediverse, pls boost this post. If you have thoughts, please reply, I want to hear them!

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 04:17:56 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     @gbhnews Set up your own Mastodon server at your own domain. All your journalists will be automatically verified and you won’t be at the whim of a petulant proto-fascist billionaire man-baby. This is a once in a generation opportunity for journalists to help shape the future of journalism on the web (instead of having it be shaped by a handful of venture capitalists and the interests that fund them).

     Good luck!

     💕

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 04:25:04 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     @gbhnews Re: moderation, apart from implementing a global block lists of known horrible instances and blocking asshats when they appear in the comments, you won’t have to do any as only your journalists will be posting on your server.

   • gbhnews (gbhnews@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 04:25:05 JST gbhnews

     in reply to

     • FediFollows
     • Gerry Dorsey 🕉️

     NOTE: as I mentioned to @FediFollows and @hermitary earlier today, it's important to understand the barriers that face stations or networks that want to set up a server. I summarize those here: https://mastodon.social/@gbhnews/110186548799130656

     No one should expect anything to happen instantly (although who knows? on these here internets all kinds o' things happen).

   • gbhnews (gbhnews@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 04:25:05 JST gbhnews

     in reply to

     Not totally sure why my link is not working but here's the commentary I shared before:

   • gbhnews (gbhnews@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 04:25:05 JST gbhnews

     in reply to

     I think it's worth understanding what the barriers are to stations or networks establishing their own servers.

     As the social editor, if I see a new platform and think, "oh, that's interesting," I have the power to open an account there.

     Setting up a server for a station or a network would involve the cooperation of IT, marketing, and legal folks. Big stations and big networks have to do a fair amount of prep and due diligence before they make a move like that. 1/x

   • gbhnews (gbhnews@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 04:25:05 JST gbhnews

     in reply to

     So it's not just the cost of setting up/running a server (which people tell me here could be quite minimal). It's the man-hours of prep, setup, and ongoing maintenance for things like moderation, tech support, etc. that come into the equation.

     And the other half of that equation is the assessment the people involved make of the opportunity. Math is a big part of that. How many users are on that network, and how many of those people are likely to see or engage? 2/2

   • yodan (yodan@pleroma.yodan.ninja)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 04:27:14 JST yodan

     in reply to

     • Aral Balkan
     @aral @gbhnews It does not have to be a Mastodon instance. The Fediverse is varied and rich, let's make that variety flourish.
   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 04:30:17 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     • Jan

     @gbhnews Here’s what I’d do if it was me:

     Rope @jan in (https://toot.io/mastodon_hosting.html) and make him part of the conversation. I have no doubt he could put together a hosted package for you that would meet your needs and then some. (He hosts my instance.)