4 ms·
The issue with the publications running instances for the journalists is it means the journalists social media presence is owned by their employer which is a pr
by Macha 4y ago
The issue with the publications running instances for the journalists is it means the journalists social media presence is owned by their employer which is a problem if they change jobs.
- ghaff 4y agoOf course for the publications, that's a feature. They (as well as analyst firms etc.) have been pushing back against their employees having personal brands since social media (including blogs) got big. Emphasizing personal brands in this setting was a big thing for a while which organizations ended up really clamping down on.
- ekianjo 4y agoYou can always migrate your account... or if your account is tied to your publication then too bad, you start from scratch.
- Macha 4y agoThe second part of your post _is_ my point. It might be good for news media to run their own instance, but not so good for their employees to use it
- jallmann 4y agoNot sure if Mastodon supports this, but the account could belong to one instance while being verified by another. This also lets folks be verified by multiple organizations - which also increases trust.