Obama potus twitter archive#

This isn't something the company has done before, but Twitter is a relatively new medium for presidents, and this is the first time handles ever needed to be transitioned from one administration to another. It's also curious that Twitter kept mum about following accounts on behalf of its users. But the migration of millions of users is no simple feat, and perhaps the auto-following went both ways in some cases. Since Twitter wouldn't verify whether a glitch caused this to happen, we can't say for sure whether this is the case. This doesn't explain why some people who claim to have never followed in the first place are now doing so.

Obama potus twitter archive#

Blocked!'Ī spokesperson for Twitter told Motherboard they couldn't comment on these specific claims, but said that post-inauguration, Twitter automatically migrated the followers of over to the newly created account, which acts as an archive for President Obama's tweets. Yet now I am following it again without having resubscribed,' one user turned up in my feed despite me not following, willingly or otherwise,' said another person. 'I specifically UNFOLLOWED this account earlier today. Somehow, they claim, Twitter had automatically followed it for them.įolks: Check if you're following Graeme January 21, 2017 Is this thing still on? Michelle and I are off on a quick vacation, then we'll get back to work.īut some Twitter users are complaining that despite never following in the first place, the presidential handle is suddenly showing up in their timelines. Hi everybody! Back to the original handle. The official account was handed off to President Trump, and former-President Obama re-assumed his personal handle, (Trump predictably continued to tweet from his personal account long into the inauguration, however.)

One of the most visible transfers of executive power happened today on Twitter. The original story as published is below.

He did add, however, that the Obama Administration felt it was fair to automatically migrate followers after the transition, since is an institutional account. Dorsey apologized for the mistake, and said Twitter has worked to correct the issue.