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social.bbc
Languages English (en)
Users 9
Active users (last month) 1
Active users (last six months) 1
Characters per post (max) 500
Known instances 21,575
First sight Jul 26, 2026 UTC
Last successful check Jul 26, 2026 UTC
Noxious No
New Yes!
Software Mastodon 4.5.13
Registrations Closed
Meta’s Threads moderation Unknown (this instance is not listed in the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list), and its list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) Not available
Short description
This is an experimental Mastodon instance run by BBC Research and Development.
Long description
The team at BBC Research & Development are researching social technologies and exploring possibilities for the BBC. One part of our work is to establish a BBC presence in the Fediverse.

This is an experiment - we will run it for 6 months, and then look at how much value it has provided, how much work it requires to maintain and then decide whether and how to continue. We're learning as we go, and we'll write about what we discover in the hope that it might be useful for others. The BBC will continue its normal social media activity in the usual places.

We're starting off small with just a handful of accounts from R&D and our colleagues at BBC Radio, but we hope to be adding more accounts from other areas of the BBC soon:

Instance rules
  1. Our rules for commenting and uploading content can be found at https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/terms/what-are-the-rules-for-commenting/
  2. The full Terms of Use for the BBC's Digital Services, including Mastodon, can be found at https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/terms-of-use/
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Admin account BBCRD@social.bbc
Date of creation Jun 7, 2023 UTC
Display name BBC Research & Development
Bio
BBC Research & Development - exploring technology for the BBC's future.

This account is part of an experiment from BBC R&D in establishing a BBC presence in the Fediverse. You can read more about this experiment at https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub
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Last 12 weeks activity
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7/26/26, 4:34:12 AM UTC
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