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arrow-up1193arrow-down1external-linkBBC launches an ‘experimental’ Mastodon serverwww.theverge.comfer0n@lemm.ee to Best of Mastodon · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaresincle354@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoYou can’t fault the British Broadcasting Corporation for making a poor acronym choice back in 1922. Just look at Ayds, the weight reducing diet supplement.
minus-squareMomoTimeToDielinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down15·1 year agoBut I can absolutely fault them for picking a domain name in 2023 that uses that same acronym
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoAre you suggesting the BBC should get a new name?
minus-squareMomoTimeToDielinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·1 year agoI’m suggesting that “social.bbc” looks like a website for hookups
minus-squareKayn@dormi.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoSo are they never allowed to abbreviate their name anymore?
You can’t fault the British Broadcasting Corporation for making a poor acronym choice back in 1922. Just look at Ayds, the weight reducing diet supplement.
But I can absolutely fault them for picking a domain name in 2023 that uses that same acronym
Are you suggesting the BBC should get a new name?
How about BWC: British Worldcasting Company
I’m suggesting that “social.bbc” looks like a website for hookups
So are they never allowed to abbreviate their name anymore?