Joe Biden's official account is now connected to the Fediverse, thanks to Threads. We'll see if anything comes of it.

Both President Biden and the White House have enabled the Fediverse integration on Threads.

  • @ZakEnglish
    1•2 months ago

    Doesn’t seem to work.

    $ curl https://threads.net/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:potus@threads.net

    {"subject":"acct:[email protected]","links":[{"href":"https://threads.net/ap/users/17841445266116124/","rel":"self","type":"application/activity+json"},{"href":"https://www.threads.net/@potus","rel":"http://webfinger.net/rel/profile-page","type":"text/html"}]}

    $ curl https://threads.net/ap/users/17841445266116124/

    {"success":false,"error":"Not found"}

    • Sean TilleyOPEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      Weird, maybe you have to use an ActivityPub server to complete the lookup? I managed to get it to work with Mastodon and Akkoma, but haven’t tried anything else.

      Edit: alternatively, try doing a Webfinger lookup for @potus@threads.net directly?

      • @ZakEnglish
        1•2 months ago

        Weird, maybe you have to use an ActivityPub server to complete the lookup?

        I was testing it with curl because my self-hosted Mastodon server doesn’t find it.

        Edit: alternatively, try doing a Webfinger lookup for @[email protected] directly?

        The leading @ is incorrect for a webfinger account lookup.

        $ curl https://threads.net/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:@[email protected]

        {"success":false,"error":"Not found"}