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It's been 20 years since the great North America blackout left Toronto, other cities without power
  • @jimmyjamxoxo

    Still remember in my teens playing #Starcraft when the power suddenly cut as I was about to save my game lol.

    Still had fun doing other things, including a night walk in the neighbourhood without power & seeing the stars so clearly because there's no light pollution.

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    BBC is starting its own Mastodon instance. The CBC should do the same.
  • @Knightfall @grte

    On a cost level, yes it would make sense to leverage mstdn.ca but issue is that CBC wouldn't have the complete control & the instant brand recognition via hosting their own instance on their domain name.

    It's also much better for the brand to have an account on social.cbc.ca. Something like cbcnews@social.cbc.ca looks better on a branding perspective than cbcnews@mstdn.ca. It's no different than how organizations use their own domain for emails.

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    BBC is starting its own Mastodon instance. The CBC should do the same.
  • @Hazzard @grte

    Yes, this can actually be done. There's a tool called #MastoFeed that allows you to post RSS content to the fediverse. Some publications like #DarkReading are exploring using MastoFeed to publish their articles.

    Their account can be found here: https://infosec.town/@darkreading

    That being said, not sure if a bot account is what people are hoping for if #CBC decides to join the fediverse...

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    BBC is starting its own Mastodon instance. The CBC should do the same.
  • @Hazzard @grte

    Yes, this can actually be done. There's a tool called MastoFeed that allows you to post RSS content to the fediverse. Some publications like #DarkReading are exploring using MastoFeed to publish their articles.

    Their account can be found here: https://infosec.town/@darkreading

    That being said, not sure if a bot account is what people are hoping for if #CBC decides to join the fediverse...

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    BBC is starting its own Mastodon instance. The CBC should do the same.
  • @SlikPikker Would using an RSS reader help with navigation? Allows you to follow CBC News without having to dig through their website.

    You can find the RSS list here: https://www.cbc.ca/rss/

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