I will point out that CBC is on Flipboard, which you can follow automatically from Mastodon.
Yes. This has been great. So I consider them part of Mastodon even if it’s a bit unofficial.
They should really get off X and join either Bsky or Mastodon officially though.
Yes, I agree.
I think the aim is that public institutions like the CBC should be supporting open platforms or creating and using their own ones, instead of being dependent on, and promoting a fascist owned US one. Getting it via Flipboard doesn’t help with that. If I was Canadian I’d be angry that my taxpayer or license money promotes X.
They could always just start their own webpage with an RSS feed, and/or their own mastadon instance. There’s really no reason for any government body to be on Xitter.
You most certainly can do this, but expect a firehose of posts. https://www.cbc.ca/rss/
It has been bothering me too that the TDSB and TPS still posts their stuff there too.
Corporations shouldn’t be on social media in any way.
I mean, that’s a fine sentiment to hold, but kind of like saying we should ban death.
We have completely commercial-free amateur radio bands because of strong legislation and a lot of coordinated effort. It’s not impossible to do something like that, but capitalist realism definitely can make it feel impossible.
