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 Mindboggling, given that this is already being worked on:

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/111978315030059050

TLDR: A team within the federal government is looking into setting up a .gov Mastodon server, they're now "in phase 2".

Stefan Bohacek (@[email protected])

"We believe there is an opportunity to help verify the online identities of American officials. Hosting a Mastodon server on .gov domains is one possibility. 10x will explore this changing internet landscape, validate the extent of the problem, and identify if government technologists can play a positive role in solving it." https://10x.gsa.gov/news/2023-selected-projects/#online-proofing-for-public-officials via https://stefanbohacek.online/@[email protected]/111978278463859793 #fediverse #govtech

Stefan's Personal Mastodon Server
@stefan @atomicpoet That's gonna have to be a beefy server given the large number of gov officials and the number of followers and interactions they get.

@teleclimber @stefan @atomicpoet

It sure is. It will have to be a server island for all the different agencies.