President Joe Biden’s Threads account @potus is federating on the Fediverse!

And I’m following him from atomicpoet.org!

Wow! This is as monumental as Barack Obama joining Twitter! A truly historic day for the #Fediverse!

@fediversenews

I would prefer that @potus run his own Fediverse server but this is materially better than him not being on the Fediverse at all.

And by joining #Threads, @potus has pretty much forced the hand of the Fediverse to federate with Threads.

In the USA, if the Fediverse is going to be used for political organization, you need to receive and boost messages from @potus.

@atomicpoet "pretty much forced the hand of the Fediverse to federate with Threads. "
is it? for what is a one-way communication channel good for - you have news, rss and whatever - worked fine before. Dont let them break a nice part of the internet again.

@cccfr One year ago, people said Threads would never federate. Now you’re saying Threads will never allow two-way federation.

In all likelihood, they will allow teo-way federation.