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Would it make sense if NPR ran a Mastodon instance? EDIT: or if public universities ran their own instances? All content submitted by users would be CC license

Would it make sense if NPR ran a Mastodon instance? EDIT: or if public universities ran their own instances? All content submitted by users would be CC licensed. EDIT EDIT: To keep costs down, just rate limit the number of posts that could be made per user.

xnx 3y ago
I often think about what a "public access" web would look like (similar to "public access" TV that exists in some US cable markets).
- dynamorando 3y ago
  This seems to make sense; we have public parks, why can’t we have public spaces online?
flyinghamster 3y ago
I think this makes a great deal of sense, for any organization that wants a feed-type social media presence. The fly in the ointment is DDOS protection. That might not be a problem in some cases, but once you attract enough attention you become a peachy target.
- riwsky 3y ago
  cries in RSS
  - lolinder 3y ago
    You can follow any Mastodon account with RSS: https://mstdn.social/@feditips/108357998963885456 https://mstdn.social/@feditips/108357998963885456
- dynamorando 3y ago
  NPR Mastadon instance: sponsored by Cloudflare
duxup 3y ago
Does NPR want to get into the moderation business at scale of their instance becomes popular? Or is this just their own instance where nobody else can participate?
- no_wizard 3y ago
  A closed to staff only instance for news orgs makes a ton of sense actually, if you see it as a feed and not an interaction platform, which despite everyone claiming Twitter was a way for bi-directional communication I see scant evidence that the average journalist engages with their audience directly in the way one imagines, it’s mostly fire and forget tweets anyway, perfect for Mastodon
  - duxup 3y ago
    I’m wonder how much use such sites are outside a sort of glorified RSS feed. Not that they can be replaced with RSS, but a lot of use seems nearly just that.
  - fomine3 3y ago
    Yes. Mastodon is a feed 2.0.
bee_rider 3y ago
I think nobody wants to deal with the issue of moderating for the random members of the general public, other than surveillance-capitalism organizations like Google and Reddit. I could see a university hosting a Mastodon instance for their own students, though. Moderation is probably a little easier if you have the person’s real name.

xnx 3y ago

I often think about what a "public access" web would look like (similar to "public access" TV that exists in some US cable markets).

dynamorando 3y ago
This seems to make sense; we have public parks, why can’t we have public spaces online?

flyinghamster 3y ago

I think this makes a great deal of sense, for any organization that wants a feed-type social media presence. The fly in the ointment is DDOS protection. That might not be a problem in some cases, but once you attract enough attention you become a peachy target.

riwsky 3y ago
cries in RSS
- lolinder 3y ago
  You can follow any Mastodon account with RSS: https://mstdn.social/@feditips/108357998963885456 https://mstdn.social/@feditips/108357998963885456
dynamorando 3y ago
NPR Mastadon instance: sponsored by Cloudflare

duxup 3y ago

Does NPR want to get into the moderation business at scale of their instance becomes popular? Or is this just their own instance where nobody else can participate?

no_wizard 3y ago
A closed to staff only instance for news orgs makes a ton of sense actually, if you see it as a feed and not an interaction platform, which despite everyone claiming Twitter was a way for bi-directional communication I see scant evidence that the average journalist engages with their audience directly in the way one imagines, it’s mostly fire and forget tweets anyway, perfect for Mastodon
- duxup 3y ago
  I’m wonder how much use such sites are outside a sort of glorified RSS feed. Not that they can be replaced with RSS, but a lot of use seems nearly just that.
- fomine3 3y ago
  Yes. Mastodon is a feed 2.0.

bee_rider 3y ago

I think nobody wants to deal with the issue of moderating for the random members of the general public, other than surveillance-capitalism organizations like Google and Reddit. I could see a university hosting a Mastodon instance for their own students, though. Moderation is probably a little easier if you have the person’s real name.