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 (@[email protected]) 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 - @[email protected]
• Former US President Barack Obama - @[email protected]
• Chris Welch (The Verge) - @[email protected]
• Ryan Ashcroft (FoodNoms) - @[email protected]
• Parker Ortolani (Vox) - @[email protected]
• Sebastiaan de With (Halide) - @[email protected]
• Victoria Song (The Verge) - @[email protected]
• Christina Warren (GitHub) - @[email protected]
• Jeff Gerstmann - @[email protected]
• Jason Koebler (404Media) - @[email protected]
• John O'Nolan (Ghost) - @[email protected]
• Austin Evans (YouTuber) - @[email protected]
• Hayato Huseman (MKBHD) - @[email protected]
• Dave Mark (The Dalrymple Report) - @[email protected]
• PJ Vogt (podcaster) - @[email protected]
• Dieter Bohn (Google) - @[email protected]
• Adam Mosseri (Instagram) - @[email protected]
• David Imel (MKBHD) - @[email protected]
• Christopher Lawley (YouTuber) - @[email protected]
• Tyler Stalman (photographer) - @[email protected]
• Chance Miller (9to5Mac) - @[email protected]
• John Voorhees (MacStories) - @[email protected]
• Quinn Nelson (YouTuber) - @[email protected]
• John Green (author) - @[email protected]
• David Chen (movie critic) - @[email protected]
• Stephen Hackett (Relay.fm) - @[email protected]
• John Gruber (Daring Fireball) - @[email protected]
• Nilay Patel (The Verge) - @[email protected]
• Casey Liss (who the hell is he?) - @[email protected]
• Charlie Chapman (Dark Noise) - @[email protected]
• Matthew Cassinelli (Shortcuts) - @[email protected]

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

• Arc browser - @[email protected]
• Notion - @[email protected]