▲ 1838 ▼ BBC starts experimenting with the Fediverse, running its own Mastodon instance (social.bbc) submitted 3 years ago by reclipse@lemdro.id to c/technology@lemmy.world 147 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] pectoralis@lemm.ee 15 points 3 years ago (4 children) How can one add social.bbc to my Lemmy subscribed list? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] roguetrick@kbin.social 25 points 3 years ago (3 children) Lemmy doesn't do microblogging. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] kadu@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago* (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DharkStare@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago How do you do that? I've tried and couldn't get it to work. permalink fedilink source parent [+] hoodatninja@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Phanatik@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago And this is why I use Kbin. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sab@kbin.social 17 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) You cannot follow the entire instance as such, rather the individual accounts on the instance - such as @BBCRD, @BBC_News_Labs, @Connected_Studio etc. Kbin users can subscribe to whatever content is shared from social.bbc on federated instances by subscribing to /d/social.bbc, but I'm not sure how much sense that makes. :) Edit: In Lemmy you'd find the users by entering for example /u/BBCRD@social.bbc, but as @roguetrick pointed out Lemmy is not really made for microblogging. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 2d@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago Unsure if you can follow entire instances but you can definitely follow users from that instance such as https://kbin.social/u/@BBCRD@social.bbc permalink fedilink source parent [–] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago No expert, but I have a Mastodon account + app and a Lemmy account + app. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 25 points 3 years ago (3 children) Lemmy doesn't do microblogging. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] kadu@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago* (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DharkStare@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago How do you do that? I've tried and couldn't get it to work. permalink fedilink source parent [+] hoodatninja@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Phanatik@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago And this is why I use Kbin. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] kadu@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago* (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DharkStare@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago How do you do that? I've tried and couldn't get it to work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DharkStare@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago How do you do that? I've tried and couldn't get it to work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago And this is why I use Kbin. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sab@kbin.social 17 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) You cannot follow the entire instance as such, rather the individual accounts on the instance - such as @BBCRD, @BBC_News_Labs, @Connected_Studio etc. Kbin users can subscribe to whatever content is shared from social.bbc on federated instances by subscribing to /d/social.bbc, but I'm not sure how much sense that makes. :) Edit: In Lemmy you'd find the users by entering for example /u/BBCRD@social.bbc, but as @roguetrick pointed out Lemmy is not really made for microblogging. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 2d@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago Unsure if you can follow entire instances but you can definitely follow users from that instance such as https://kbin.social/u/@BBCRD@social.bbc permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago No expert, but I have a Mastodon account + app and a Lemmy account + app. permalink fedilink source parent