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Obama Promises Graceful Social Media Transition for the Next President

posted by janrinok on Wednesday November 02 2016, @01:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the here,-have-some-followers dept.

takyon writes:

The next President of the United States will inherit the keys to the social media kingdom:

What happens to President Barack Obama's 11.1 million Twitter followers on Inauguration Day? The White House says Obama's official @POTUS account will be taken over by the next president, who will start with a huge following but a clean slate of tweets. Obama's tweets will move over to a new handle, @POTUS44, by the National Archives and Records Administration.

The same will take place with Obama's Facebook and Instagram accounts, along with other Twitter accounts including Michelle Obama's @FLOTUS and Joe Biden's @VP accounts.

You can read all about it on the White House weblog.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 02 2016, @03:06AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 02 2016, @03:06AM (#421479)

    3. have so many dodgy, broken, hackable election technologies that no one can really trust the results, anyway.

    But it's okay because they're all vulnerable in different ways. Isn't it nice to have a variety of proprietary black boxes used to count votes? Don't you just feel completely secure?

  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday November 02 2016, @03:17AM

    by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday November 02 2016, @03:17AM (#421480) Journal

    I'm still in awe of the old-school foul-up, the hanging chad.

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    "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by Bogsnoticus on Wednesday November 02 2016, @03:25AM

      by Bogsnoticus (3982) on Wednesday November 02 2016, @03:25AM (#421482)

      To me, a "hanging chad" just sounds like someone didn't learn how to wipe their arse properly.

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      Genius by birth. Evil by choice.