Twitter transfer of power: Trump gets @POTUS





Immediately after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, he gained another prestigious title: @POTUS.

The Obama administration handed over the Twitter handles for official accounts like @POTUS, @FLOTUS, @VP, @WhiteHouse and @PressSec to the incoming Trump administration on Friday in the first Twitter transfer of power in U.S. history.

The Twitter handles officially switched over at 12:01 p.m., right after Trump was sworn in as president.



The accounts for Trump's team start fresh. All of the tweets from the previous administration were removed and archived on a set of newly created accounts, including @POTUS44, @VP44 and @FLOTUS44.

If you've retweeted or embedded posts from these accounts over the years, they will still show up, but from an account ending in 44.

These archived accounts, along with White House social media accounts on Facebook (FB, Tech30), Instagram, YouTube and Tumblr, will be managed by the National Archives and Records Administration.

But perhaps most importantly, Trump's administration will inherit the millions of followers for each account. The @WhiteHouse and @POTUS accounts each have more than 13 million followers.

The transfer of those followers was not immediate, however. The @POTUS account started with zero followers and was back up to about four million after an hour.

Those who chose to follow these accounts for Obama will automatically be following Trump and his administration -- at least until they opt out.





The massive social media transfer has been in the works for months. The White House first announced its plan just days before the election -- at a time when many expected Hillary Clinton to win.

"While much of the digital transition is unprecedented in the United States, the peaceful transition of power is not," Kori Schulman, special assistant to the president and deputy chief digital officer, wrote in a blog post in October.

As a result of those efforts, Trump and his team will now be able to choose whether to tweet from @POTUS or his personal account @RealDonaldTrump, which recently topped 20 million followers.

It's unclear which one Trump, known for tweeting at all hours, will prefer. Trump's first tweets after his inauguration were posted to @RealDonaldTrump. It took another 90 minutes for Trump's team to tweet as @POTUS.

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It already has over 20 million followers

Expecting his Nigerian follower to tr oop in . . .

Sibrah:
Expecting his Nigerian follower to tr oop in . . .

That's for sure...

idupaul:
It already has over 20 million followers

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As at this time, check the number of Followers below:

Ma go folo him

hurray...
where are those ipod yoots

@potus I hope you would make America great again. am just hoping.

wtfCode:
Ma go folo him

Just go ahead.

mykeljosef:
hurray...

where are those ipod yoots

It's useful for almost everybody..

Donshegxy10:
@potus I hope you would make America great again.
am just hoping.

God will help him.

I hope buhari would do same come 2019

Smh.

dicksononline:
I hope buhari would do same come 2019

It's possible...

NotOfThis:
Smh.

President Trump get Fans ooo, from 3.4m Followers early this morning, it's now 14m plus Followers...

Great President...

Great leader, just revoked the abortion law...

Yes ooo...

God bless President Trump...

If one look at the issue on the other side also, I think america first idea is not bad idea if he manage to navigate well as president.

A lot of job to be done to achieve it.

So many things have been done badly by the politicians.

juman:
If one look at the issue on the other side also, I think america first idea is not bad idea if he manage to navigate well as president.

A lot of job to be done to achieve it.

So many things have been done badly by the politicians.

You are right Bro.
So many forces are against this man.May GOD help him.

orbitame2011:

You are right Bro.
So many forces are against this man.May GOD help him.

I also wish he succeed.

He can be the best american president ever if he manipulates well.

He wants to handle things differently, so that the forgotten people get voices and enjoy lifes.

Hope its not like buhari change.

juman:


I also wish he succeed.

He can be the best american president ever if he manipulates well.

He wants to handle things differently, so that the forgotten people get voices and enjoy lifes.

Hope its not like buhari change.

May God help him.

What happen to Buhari Change?

orbitame2011:

May God help him.

What happen to Buhari Change?

Buhari Change is fake and a curse.

juman:


Buhari Change is fake and a curse.

Seriously?

Great Nation.