Yeah, this is why I say that @potus forced the hand of the Fediverse.
Like it or not, most Americans want to see President Biden’s messages. I therefore suspect that many people will migrate to servers where they can follow him.
I’m not saying certain servers are wrong for de-federating Threads. But just because a server enacts a policy doesn’t mean that end users agree with it. Both figuratively and literally, people have a right to vote in the matter.
If they haven’t already, they will vote with their feet.
...HOWEVER knowing the precisely address/root/whatever, I don't really really the details anymore, it was possible to access these "#FediDarkweb" handle without much ado.
The #UnitedStates has allowed >40k #refugees into the country in the first 5 months of the fiscal yr after they passed a rigorous, often yearslong, #screening process that includes #security & #medical#vetting & interviews w/ American officers overseas.
POTUS is posting into the Fediverse (from threads, but it is something....)
I think it i important for folks to see follows from the broad Fediverse there. It is the pathway for people to chose to come here, either organically, or when the next billionaire fucks up.
The fact that you can follow the president of the United States (@potus) from your Mastodon account instead of being forced to have an X or Threads account for it is a huge W in my book. Of course our team is fully available to help if they'd want to set up Mastodon on whitehouse.gov. I believe governments should not rely on 3rd party platforms to connect with their constituents.
...except he is not on the fediverse. He's on threads.net, which is a walled garden you can't interact with, and the content the president's PR flacks will post there is hardly unique. I mean, I could set up a script that reposts the whitehiuse.gov RSS feed to mastodon with a #potus tag. Would that mean the president is "on" mastodon?
"Omg... Joe Biden is the 1st President posting in the Fediverse"
No, Joe Biden is using mainstream social media, owned by Meta (Facebook), which most of the Fediverse blocked a while back. If POTUS (President of the United States) wants to join the Fediverse correctly and hold that claim, they need to join a true Fediverse instance such as Misskey, Sharkey, Mastodon, or something else not government a large corporation which avoid paying taxes.
While we have threads.net limited here because of the expectation of poor moderation, his account, as well as a number of others, have been exempted from limiting and can be followed in hear-me.social the same as any Mastodon account.
Remember, though, the feature is in beta. It's one way. You can read posts from #Threads accounts, but those accounts cannot yet see replies, nor can they see who favorited or boosted their posts.
While we have threads.net limited here because of the expectation of poor moderation, his account, as well as a number of others, have been exempted from limiting and can be followed in hear-me.social the same as any Mastodon account.
Remember, though, the feature is in beta. It's one way. You can read posts from #Threads accounts, but those accounts cannot yet see replies, nor can they see who favorited or boosted their posts.
#POTUS#Biden spoke w/Andrés about the incident that resulted in the workers' deaths, which #NationalSecurity spox #Kirby said provoked outrage in the admin.
After top Putin allies used their US company to get Mike Johnson elected to US congress, Johnson's campaign avoided punishment by merely giving the money back after he was elected. Now, Johnson has paralyzed the US government and "has no bank account."
Please call (202) 224-3121 for the U.S. House switchboard operator, ask for Mike Johnson or your Rep. 🫡 💪 🇺🇦
Friends I have absolutely had enough of the far-left Pro-Gaza Protesters that is masquerading as pro-Palestinians activist who continue to follow the #President of the United States across the country just to scream lie disrespect and attack his character and encouraging voters not to vote, HOW DARE YOU" My family here in the US are Even more important then the narrative you're selling about the Palestinian ppl when it's just a movement to hurt Biden and elect Trump. these groups are frauds #FP
@TruthSandwich@futurebird Thank you, that's very powerful, a perfect definition it's a challenging situation that has been deteriorating way before the October 7 2023 attack And to exploit it for personal gain against the pro-democracy #POTUS and his party has crossed the line & pushing back against it, When DEI is under attacks HBCU voting rights black women and more So just too be clear, the far-left must be defeated and Nowhere near power.
During the historic gathering of 3 #UnitedStates presidents last night, pro- #Palestinian protesters interrupted the event. Again, instead of ignoring their protestations, the presidents addressed the concerns.
All 3 men remarked on the #Israel#Hamas#war in #Gaza, reflecting on the difficulty of trying to solve intractable challenges such as #MiddleEast#peace as #POTUS. #Biden said there have been “too many innocent victims, Israeli & Palestinian,” in the conflict.
#Obama said #Biden faces a heart-wrenching crisis that is more complex than many want to acknowledge. “I think people understandably oftentimes want to feel a certain surety in terms of how those decisions are made,” Obama said. “But a president doesn’t have that luxury.”
#Obama addressed a protester when he was interrupted by saying, "You can’t just talk & not listen."
"That’s part of #democracy," he added. "Part of democracy is not just talking. It’s listening. That’s what the other side does, & it is important for us to understand that it is possible to have moral clarity & have deeply held beliefs but still recognize that the world is complicated & it is hard to solve these problems."