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  • Nilz@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I like how his name is “President Joe Biden” as if not to be confused with the other Joe Biden. Also this insinuates that he is the president of Threads, or the Fediverse, or even the world maybe?

    • Sibbo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Some other countries have the decency to add something like “of the USA” to the name. But this being the USA, of course he is just “the” president.

    • XeroxCool@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      That’s standard for the potus account. The name changes to who is current and that’s the channel used for presidential statements*. A president still has their own account, not named as president, and is used for personal statements.

      • rule not applicable 2016-2020 when a personal account was retconned to be an official channel
      • Nilz@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Ah I see, understandable. Still it’s presented like he’s the universal/everyone’s president.

        • Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          8 months ago

          I don’t know why you are getting downvoted. He is definitely not my president, I am not from that country!

          • Takumidesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            8 months ago

            Because it’s his title. Regardless of where you live.

            We still say King Charles or President Macron.

          • btaf45@kbin.social
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            8 months ago

            King Charles III isn’t my king either. Still a king though. And doing a much better job than King Charles I

    • Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      “Look me over, if you like what you see, help out. If not, vote for the other Biden”

      He’s definitely making sure everyone knows it’s him and not the other Biden

  • mox@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Threads? How disappointing. The White House would do better to operate its own fediverse presence.

    • sushibowl@feddit.nlEnglish
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      8 months ago

      It’s generally accepted wisdom that the American government is bad at doing anything at all and therefore should suck as much corporate dick as possible to get the corporations to do things instead. A flawless system to be sure.

    • joenforcer@midwest.socialEnglish
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      8 months ago

      You’re right. But, the Fediverse is ActivityPub, and Threads is using ActivityPub, therefore Threads is part of the Fediverse.

      The beauty of the Fediverse is you can defederate from whoever you want. But don’t confuse that with thinking that you can change the definition and rules of what the Fediverse is.