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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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

  • Social media independence
  • Validate account authenticity through the instance domain name
  • Ability for followers migration between instances (leave, join, change news organization)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

The whole Fediverse is still a little on the niche side, but if growth continues, I think this is exactly another development. When you work for Company X, your work email is usually [email protected], likewise I would expect official Fediverse presences.

Where it will probably take off though is when somebody starts selling corporations a turn-key solution. Kind of how products like Outlook took over corporate email.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I definitely agree on news organizations doing this (and even government departments), but the problem with Mozilla doing it is they were running a server any of us could join - if they don't have the resources to run it for themselves, they definitely shouldn't be doing it for others to join.