Add President Barack Obama to Facebook's 1 billion-plus users.
The POTUS has joined the most popular social network on the planet, a surprising development as one would think he'd have gotten a page up at some point during his seven years in office ... or before.
In his first post, Obama write he hopes users will "think of this as a place where we can have real conversations about the most important issues facing our country - a place where you can hear directly from me, and share your own thoughts and stories."
While we're sure the president will talk about topics like health care and the economy, he also writes his page will feature "some just-for-fun stuff, too."
The first POTUS post
In addition to serving as an introduction to his page, President Obama's first post includes a description and video of him walking through his backyard - a.k.a. the literal national park behind the White House.
He casually strolls across the lawn, talking about a fox and a hawk named Lincoln. He segues into a message about preserving this park, all US national parks and the planet as a whole by acting on climate change.
Obama talks about US leadership to combat climate change, the upcoming meetings in Paris, and ends with a call to action to viewers to get passionate about and start acting on the issue, including on the very platform he just joined.
At the time of writing, the presidents video had been viewed 78,000 times with over 5,050 likes (Update: Views are now up to 128,000 and likes topping 9,328).
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, is the top comment, writing: "Welcome to Facebook, President Obama! Excited for you to have your very own Page - and looking forward to the conversation (and the just-for-fun stuff)."
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