Meta rolled out federation to users in the US, Canada, and Japan recently, and it's opt in, which I think is the right way to do it, even if it means it's going to take a while for most accounts to enable it. I have tried to do my part to make this less scary for Threads users, so hopefully more will do it in time. To be clear, Mastodon is my home on social media (@matt@isfeeling.social) but a lot of people and groups I want to keep up with haven't chosen to use Mastodon. The magic of federation is that we all get more choice on what software we use and what accounts we can follow.

With that out of the way, here's an assortment of accounts you can follow right now to jump start your follow list. Just copy the username and search for it in your Mastodon app and it should show up like any other federated account.

Reply to me on Mastodon if you have other notable accounts you think I should add to the list!

  • US President Joe Biden - @potus@threads.net
  • Former US President Barack Obama - @barackobama@threads.net
  • Chris Welch (The Verge) - @chriswelch@threads.net
  • Ryan Ashcroft (FoodNoms) - @ryanashcraft@threads.net
  • Parker Ortolani (Vox) - @parkerortolani@threads.net
  • Sebastiaan de With (Halide) - @sdw@threads.net
  • Victoria Song (The Verge) - @vicmsong@threads.net
  • Christina Warren (GitHub) - @film_girl@threads.net
  • Jeff Gerstmann - @jeffgerstmann@threads.net
  • Jason Koebler (404Media) - @jasonkoebler@threads.net
  • John O'Nolan (Ghost) - @johnonolan@threads.net
  • Austin Evans (YouTuber) - @austinnotduncan@threads.net
  • Hayato Huseman (MKBHD) - @hayatohuseman@threads.net
  • Dave Mark (The Dalrymple Report) - @davemark6628@threads.net
  • PJ Vogt (podcaster) - @pjvogt@threads.net
  • Dieter Bohn (Google) - @backlon@threads.net
  • Adam Mosseri (Instagram) - @mosseri@threads.net
  • David Imel (MKBHD) - @davidimel@threads.net
  • Christopher Lawley (YouTuber) - @chrislawley_@threads.net
  • Tyler Stalman (photographer) - @stalman@threads.net
  • Chance Miller (9to5Mac) - @chancehmiller@threads.net
  • John Voorhees (MacStories) - @johnvoorhees@threads.net
  • Quinn Nelson (YouTuber) - @snazzyq@threads.net
  • John Green (author) - @johngreenwritesbooks@threads.net
  • David Chen (movie critic) - @davechensky@threads.net
  • Stephen Hackett (Relay.fm) - @ismh86@threads.net
  • John Gruber (Daring Fireball) - @gruber@threads.net
  • Nilay Patel (The Verge) - @reckless1280@threads.net
  • Casey Liss (who the hell is he?) - @caseyliss@threads.net
  • Charlie Chapman (Dark Noise) - @charliemchapman@threads.net
  • Matthew Cassinelli (Shortcuts) - @matthewcassinelli@threads.net

And here are the 2 brands I'm interested in that have turned it on:

  • Arc browser - @arcinternet@threads.net
  • Notion - @notionhq@threads.net