@Gargron @potus

👍, 💯, Mastodon.Whitehouse.Gov! 💯👍

@Gargron @potus tru

@potus @Gargron exactly 👌🏻 and people have the choice to get a noti on new posts, follow, not follow or even block if they like to♥️

@Gargron hmmmm doesn't appear followable from the desktop interface, maybe I'm just missing something?

@Gargron prepare for the "i dont want X or Threads in the fediverse" spam

@Gargron I'm just here for cat pictures and rants about how much working in tech sucks.

If the apocalypse happens and I need to hear a speech from the POTUS, then there's a shortwave radio for that.

@Gargron hey that's really great news ... but why can't I follow POTUS here from my instance (and no, they are not blocking Threads) ?

@Gargron @potus

If the US Government can't setup and run their own Mastodon instance then something is seriously wrong with their IT infrastructure management functions 🫤🤦‍♂️

@Gargron @potus what happens during an administration change? Do they take the instance with them?

@Gargron @potus Yeah let's make this US-centric too *sighs*. And now with an extra dose of transphobes and nazis Threads refuses to moderate, and that would imply an automatic defederation if it was literally any other instance.

@Gargron @potus

Potus on #fediverse is the best fediverse news of 2024 so far. Now let's make some dark Brandon emojis please.

@Gargron ich weiß threads ist für viele hier das personifizierte böse aber ich fands schon ziemlich cool dass ich jetzt dem account des amerikanischen präsidenten auf mastodon folgen kann
nice

@Gargron what happened to ACAB? i guess it wasn't tattooed on, just an easily removed lanyard card.

@Gargron @potus@threads.net

The chatter and engagement that @potus is bringing to the fediverse is amazing and good for everyone, even the ones who oppose it. Blocking instead of laying out their claims is absurd.

@Gargron Tell that the german government or european businesses getting themselves stuck in foreign US based cloud systems and softwares.......Instead of supporting Mastodon, Nextcloud, Tuta(nota) and other german, european or maybe not european but privacy friendly alternatives....

@Gargron @potus this is great. Can I follow any threads user now in @ivory on my instance?

@gargron If the first part of your statement actually described a huge win, there wouldn't be any need for the White House to ever follow up on the second part.

This level of submissiveness to Threads is starting to look extremely pathetic.

@Gargron Unless Threads server is blocked on the instance you're on. I get people not wanting to federate with Threads server-wide but users should be able to follow whoever they want on their personal timeline especially gov accounts...

@Gargron @potus That depends on your server. Lots have blocked Federation with threads but it isn't abundantly clear which ones have. It really is kinda messy right now.

@Gargron No, I can’t follow that account. I have to log in and create an account, says Threads. Eh… No thank you.

I am not sure I ever planned on following Biden anyway - BUT his team might need to know that you can help them. Otherwise they might just stay on Threads if it seems easier.

If the accounts that can see Bidens posts are limited to Treads, that means he could just have stayed on IG lol

@Gargron @potus

🤗*THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THIS!*I WISH YOU AN AWESOME DAY!🤗

@Gargron @potus that's why we're are here. We hope to see #TheGreenParty here which has been talked about and with elections coming up, would be nice opportunity to join the #Fediverse to connect with those that #WantGreenVoteGreen and can help #GetGreensElected . #SolarPunk #StarTrek

@Gargron @potus

Is it possible to have the @potus account mirrored to Mastodon so we don't have to remove our personal domain block on threads?

Not using Threads, Bluesky, or Twitter

@Gargron @potus Tell him!

@Gargron @potus If anyone has family/friends who use threads and are unlikely to switch over to mastodon, direct them to turn on fediverse sharing, it's not on by default.

@Gargron @potus how to block instances like Threads on Mastodon?

@Gargron @potus

Fudge Threads. Its blocked

@Gargron @potus
Why is it a win to be able to follow potus on mastodon please? If they have anything important to say, let them hold a press conference, as has been done forever. Why is it important to follow every one of their thoughts they decide to vomit into the world.

@Gargron @potus

Governments active in the #fediverse with their own Mastodon servers:

- CH 🇨🇭: https://social.admin.ch
- DE 🇩🇪: https://social.bund.de
- EU 🇪🇺: https://social.network.europa.eu
- FR 🇫🇷: https://social.numerique.gouv.fr
- NL 🇳🇱: https://social.overheid.nl

@Gargron Which, truly, I'd love to be able to do.

Unfortunately, @trumpet has elected to not federate with threads at all...even if I want to follow one account from there.

It's regrettable.

@Gargron Are you going to block @potus once Donald Trump is elected again?

@Gargron @potus
They need to get off Threads. Billionaire controlled.

@Gargron It's a huge step. Congrats to you and the whole team for building a platform worthy of such an impact. The Fediverse continues to march forward.

@Gargron my instance has threads blocked, which is fine with me but I want to see official US gov Mastodon servers!

@Gargron

Seconded! Governments should run their own web servers, and government agencies and officials should not have accounts or keep data on any private ones.

@Gargron

Yes, that's what I thought last night, that would be SUCH a win, terrific. It would be nice to have an official server for the Whitehouse, for instance, where all the government could have an account. Lovely, wonderful, all for it ❤

@potus

@Gargron @potus Based on the recent anti-monopoly talk of the US Gov, now is the time to get them on their own instance!

@Gargron @potus Why not mastodon.gov? I hope your team will work towards a broader solution that includes all branches of government as opposed to a narrow “White House” only focus.

Communicating directly with the people is important. And I hope this is just the beginning.

@Gargron @potus

Couldn't agree more.

@Gargron @potus whitehouse.gov would be a great idea, but you could go even further and federate down to the local level. It obviously varies from country to country, but in the U.S. we have well established high quality distributed library infrastructure (stuff and people). Why not resource them to provide ActivityPub services for their communities?

@Gargron
Yess. Fuck that fedipact and the general #blockiverse. This is awesome and that's what social media should be.

@Gargron @potus

Exactly and it is great to see this happen!

@Gargron

Yes, we can follow (as we could with Twitter bots relaying Tweets to the fediverse).

But we can't see replies from threads (unless we happen to follow the person who is replying on threads). That may be a good thing, though.

And potus (and everyone else on Threads) can't see our replies.

So it's all a bit one-way (like the afforementioned bots).

@Gargron @potus Yeah I think over some time he will be here.

So, it's nice and it's a win, but i'd like to see them *on* Mastodon

@Gargron I decided to block those domains so I lost that ability. I have other news sources re the pres, though, so I'm good.

@Gargron
Counterpoint: it's threads.net

@Gargron I‘ll wait for a social.gov instance that is native instead of promoting a one-way street that leads to Meta/Facebook. And I am happy that your software allows me to block threads.net. Please don’t change that :)

@Gargron I can't follow him, my instance blocks Threads. And I don't want to be on any instance that doesn't.

@Gargron

ironically, it's American law (namely the First Amendment) which disallows whitehouse.gov (for example) from running a mastodon (or other #fediverse) instance. They would probably be, by law, disallowed from moderating bad posts/accounts.

Other countries don't have this legal limitation, which is why so many other governments have their own #fedi instances.

But yeah, not federating with threads, hell no. It speaks volumes about their influence on US politics now, too.

@Gargron @potus Yuck.

@Gargron @potus

@Gargron @potus Honestly, I don't think any institutions should run their accounts on somebody else's instances.

@potus@us.gov along with all of Congress and other federal government reps on it that doesn't then have to share any of Facebook's deservedly bad reputation.

Same for states or companies, they should run their own instances for complete ownership of their content and distribution.

@Gargron Why in the name of all that is decent would anyone want to follow a stinking #WarCriminal like #GenocideJoe?

@Gargron @potus Agreed (that it's nice and also that a gov instance would be even better).

Another (minor) benefit of a gov Mastodon instance is that the POTUS account there could have a join date that's not April 1st...

@Gargron Isn't whitehouse.gov on WordPress? This could be fast. /cc @pfefferle

@Gargron Cool, so Mastodon is gonna support US federal accessibility guidelines (like color contrast etc.) now?

@Gargron @potus 1000% no government or movement should be beholden to a corporation

@Gargron @potus@threads.net

The people who cite “rampant nazis and transphobes” as a resin for wanting ever instance of the #fediverse to defederate from #threads are the same people who piled on and bullied me when I pushed back from a single person making decision of what I can or cannot see. Specially if I want to follow @potus from my mastodon account.
So yes this high horses morally exceptional keyboard warriors have the same flaws as ever and any human.

@Gargron Mastodon accounts can only follow potus if their instance admin lets them… So far @admin won’t. I’d really like a new discussion / poll now that there are more federated Threads account available. Contemplating switching instance now. (With all its downsides.)

@Gargron @potus we'll never know. If Trump is reinstated, perhaps he can have some reprisal decisions against Xitter and FB.

@Gargron @potus Bad news - he is *on* Threads and the Mastodon account is using the controversial Threads - Mastodon bridge. If your domain blocks Threads it doesn't work.

@Gargron yes let them host their own so we can defederate that genocidal imperialist

@Gargron
It's worth noting that if the next POTUS was Mango Mussolini, how much better the Fediverse is equipped for booting him into the darkest corners of the Social Web.

@Gargron @potus This is exactly what I did. I love being able to follow the president here on Mastodon. It makes my social media workflow SO MUCH BETTER!!!

@Gargron @potus@threads.net

Yeah you love standing in front of fascists don't you?

Never met a genocider you didn't like did you?

When this experiment has faded because of your thirsty need to be at the big table, let's just hope there is something better rather than you just being The next in a long line of sellouts

@Gargron @potus hi

@Gargron @potus
Call the White House. Go get 'em. The followers and engagement are here.

@Gargron @potus 100%! Thank you so much for Mastodon!

@Gargron @potus
As a non american I can't tell if this is a parody account or his real account because it's really goofy.lol

@Gargron I didn't think you would be groveling to world leaders this soon, lol, you're a true mercenary

@Gargron That you can report transphobic, homophobic & other bigotry from threads on the fedi & threads will do nothing about it far outweighs the win the ability to follow POTUS gives us

@Gargron @potus not only should the White House have its own Instance but they should have handcrafted emojis of all of the presidents… Made in MURICA

Ronald Reagan wearing sunglasses with the quote “well”

Andy Card whispering to Dubya

Clinton sitting at a desk with a huge smile

🇺🇸

@Gargron @potus no shit. I blocked Threads and as a result can't follow Biden. Sticking to my principles.

@Gargron I must be doing something wrong. I don't see a way to follow the account. I tried searching for https://www.threads.net/@potus but the account isn't found.

@Gargron @potus I didn't know this. Thank you!

@Gargron @potus not only governments, but educational establishments too (or even a group of them).

@Gargron @potus " this is a BFD 🍂🥳 As he would say ))"

@Gargron @potus Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is a "W" in that particular context?

@Gargron

@Gargron fuck @potus@threads.net, why would one genocider in authority make putting up with an unmoderated community worth it?

@Gargron For those that are unaware;
The EU runs a Mastodon for information sharing, since the fediverse really does make a lot of of sense for governments and similarly sized/shaped organizations - https://social.network.europa.eu/
They even have a peertube for video communications as well - https://tube.network.europa.eu/

@Gargron Any ideas on when Threads will federate Mastodon into their users’ timelines?

@Gargron @potus
lovely!

@Gargron for me the link just opens the threads app..

@Gargron @potus i think every mastodon should block Meta related every instance for privacy concerns. Or at least give an option to block such domains easily

@Gargron Yes but Meta (and the others) donate more so in return, they get “engagement” to sell ads.