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 somebody@companyx.com, 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.
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.
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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
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 somebody@companyx.com, 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.
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.