The White House has expanded its reach into the social media realm by joining Foursquare.

For those of you not familiar with Foursquare, it is a location-based social networking website.

In an article on Mashable, it stated that the White House said that it will be posting tips about the president’s visits around the country as he embarks on an economic bus tour across the Midwest. The White House will also be creating checkin locations for different presidential events.

President Obama was greeted to the social networking site by a post from Foursquare saying,

“Welcome to @foursquare, President Obama! Follow him on foursquare to see where he’s checking in and leaving tips: 4sq.com/WHon4SQ”

Read the full article by Ben Parr, “President Obama Joins Foursquare“.