You Can Now Follow President Biden on the Fediverse
You Can Now Follow President Biden on the Fediverse
Joe Biden's official account is now connected to the Fediverse, thanks to Threads. We'll see if anything comes of it.
Um, yay?
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Wouldn't it have been better to just selhost an instance? Like, they'd have more control...
30 0 ReplyLike somebody already said, this is like president@hotmail.com
36 0 ReplyLast elections we had in Spain, candidates would use TikTok... đ
11 0 ReplyI guess they can't help themselves
5 0 ReplyYou have to go where the people are.
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Maybe we should sell a blue checkmark on that
6 0 ReplyOh there is. So all is well! Right? (Forgot where I stole that image from. Somewhere on here, though.)
4 0 Reply@AGuyAcrossTheInternet well, we know from the article that the first result is the official account. The second is a bird site bridge, but wtf is the third one?!?
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@MayonnaiseArch yep, exactly. I mean, if @EU_Commission did it, why could they not do it for Christ's sake!!!
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Yes but then they couldn't post to Threads. Which is where far more people are, unfortunately.
6 0 ReplySounds like an advantage to me..
3 0 ReplyNot when you're communicating important information to the public and/or campaigning for people to vote for you.
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You do realise, a self hosted instance can federate with threads, its just an awful idea for the longevity of fedi
1 0 ReplyNot right now it can't
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Or at least go for bluesky.
4 0 ReplyBluesky uses a non-standard protocol and isn't really federated yet.
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If they have more control, then it's less believable what they provide.
1 0 Reply@thingsiplay are you referring to the credibility of the information itself? That does not depend on this. They can say whatever they want, whether the server is self hosted or not.
The credibility of the information is given by those who verify what these people said.
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