This is a first !! Congratulations and best wishes @SecondGentleman https://t.co/SYi5iXto4w
— rahul dholakia (@rahuldholakia) January 15, 2021
I’ve had all the accounts named in this article blocked for four years LMAO can’t wait to see tweets from FLOTUS and VP again https://t.co/iEv1G8PKjU
— Megafrican Thee Stallion (@wstafrican) January 15, 2021
“the Trump administration’s @POTUS account will be publicly archived as @POTUS45, just as the Obama administration’s account was archived as @POTUS44.” https://t.co/S7eHz2w4NU
— Claire Atkinson (@claireatki) January 15, 2021
Folks — This will be the account for my official duties as President. At 12:01 PM on January 20th, it will become @POTUS. Until then, I'll be using @JoeBiden. And while you're here, follow @FLOTUSBiden @SenKamalaHarris @SecondGentleman and @Transition46.
— President-elect Biden (@PresElectBiden) January 15, 2021
You should follow this account - but you also won’t have to wake up at night with a start to anxiously see what this account has tweeted. https://t.co/1NviONGvpN
— Kate Bedingfield (@KBeds) January 15, 2021
“@Transition46 will become @WhiteHouse, @PresElectBiden will become @POTUS, @SenKamalaHarris will become @VP, @FLOTUSBiden will become @FLOTUS, and @PressSecPsaki will become @PressSec.” https://t.co/pZYKlwWR3o
— Brandon (@Launerts) January 15, 2021
Happy to do an old-school #FF Friday Follow for your guy to get him going. ? in all seriousness, it may end up being better with the clean start rather than inheriting the last fella. https://t.co/9MSFdCxlYs
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) January 15, 2021
? “As we did in 2017, Twitter is actively working with the US government to support the archival and transition of Twitter accounts across administrations... @WhiteHouse, @POTUS, @VP, @FLOTUS, and @PressSec.” https://t.co/ZG63dbidkC
— Kerry Flynn ? (@kerrymflynn) January 15, 2021
Twitter outlines how the official White House and related accounts (POTUS, FLOTUS, etc) will be transferred to the Biden administration. And there will be a new official account for the first time: @SecondGentleman https://t.co/I0FFsFsAch
— Emily Goodin (@Emilylgoodin) January 15, 2021
I think this is quite possibly the reason, yeah. Twitter looks at Trump's followers and thinks "is it really good for American democracy for all these people to be in the replies of every Biden tweet" https://t.co/FYPxUfMEgu
— alex hern (@alexhern) January 15, 2021
it's really minor in the grand scheme of things but I can't shake the fact that this is sort of scandalous https://t.co/12Za60IdrU
— alex hern (@alexhern) January 15, 2021
On inaug day:
— Rob Flaherty (@Rob_Flaherty) January 15, 2021
-FB is transferring @JoeBiden's followers over to POTUS
-Snap is handing us @WhiteHouse
-YT is giving us all of the @WhiteHouse Subs
-Twitter is starting us at zero...but recommended the President of the United States tag other accounts to encourage growth
“Once this archival process is completed, Twitter will transfer the institutional accounts to the Biden administration to assume ownership, along with a new account: @SecondGentleman.” https://t.co/56CfYGmvT1
— Olivia Krauth (@oliviakrauth) January 15, 2021
As part of the transition of White House accounts, @Twitter has established a new account for Kamala Harris’ husband, Douglas Emhoff: @SecondGentleman https://t.co/fj5V7FHTQX
— Variety (@Variety) January 15, 2021
What to expect on Twitter on US Inauguration Day 2021, including details on transferring institutional White House Twitter accounts: https://t.co/pU6AUYHWK2
— Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) January 15, 2021
New Twitter account established for first ever @SecondGentleman https://t.co/zQ05pGUtMC
— Chris Cristi (@abc7chriscristi) January 15, 2021
I'm sure there's plenty of good reasons for not repeating the process Twitter invented in 2012, but there's no good reasons for not repeating the process *and also not explaining why you're not repeating the process*
— alex hern (@alexhern) January 15, 2021
I’m gonna need some time to think about it before I follow @POTUS again. There’s just a lot of history there. https://t.co/WqCUrDvrAW
— Washington Post TikTok Guy At Sea ?☠️ (@davejorgenson) January 15, 2021
Joe Biden will never tweet “covfefe” https://t.co/29J35OGoNb
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) January 15, 2021
Excited to have these accounts back in good hands.
— Tim Fullerton (@TimFullerton) January 15, 2021
Still think it’s BS they’re not transferring the followers over though like they did in 2017. https://t.co/JQwLVTRc0W
Worth pointing out again that Twitter gave the Trump Administration all the Obama Admins followers in 2017.
— Tim Fullerton (@TimFullerton) January 15, 2021
A huge advantage for a new president trying to reach a large audience of people who didn’t follow him or his campaign. https://t.co/Ay8phmvJq6
Twitter explains how it will transfer White House and POTUS accounts to Biden next week https://t.co/yPhFCjLIrw
— CNBC (@CNBC) January 15, 2021
트위터가 자동으로 백악관과 대통령/부통령 관련 계정에 팔로워를 넘겨주지 않을 예정. 지금 계정은 아카이브하고 새로 만든 대통령/부통령 계정의 ID를 변경하는 식으로 처리할 모양. https://t.co/tr6IxBx431
— 푸른곰 (@purengom) January 15, 2021
Twitter explains how it will transfer White House and POTUS accounts to Biden next week https://t.co/wi8XKAQvsJ
— CNBC Tech (@CNBCtech) January 15, 2021
“Twitter has not explained why the decision was made, and said it had nothing further to add beyond an official blog post laying out transition plans.”
— Kim Crayton [She/Her] ? ??#causeascene (@KimCrayton1) January 15, 2021
Tech is not neutral nor apolitical https://t.co/NggjwRWROn
.@Twitter will transfer @WhiteHouse accounts from Trump to @PresElectBiden's team ‘in real time’ https://t.co/5Wd7u5EPKO
— Todd Spangler (@xpangler) January 15, 2021
Twitter Will Transfer White House Accounts From Trump to Biden ‘in Real Time’ https://t.co/wnnvYPMzKP
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) January 15, 2021
remember when @barackobama passed 12 million Twitter followers on to Trump team for the @potus account he had started and Twitter embraced it? I do... https://t.co/JNlKATdkTF
— Jen Psaki (@jrpsaki) January 15, 2021
Biden Team Starts @PresElectBiden, and Twitter is being a jerk about new President’s account. https://t.co/ouTbSvzhY6
— Every Savage ?? #HoldThemAccountable (@EverySavage) January 15, 2021
Biden has launched the @PresElectBiden handle as he fights with Twitter over whether he should inherit the followers of the @potus and @whitehouse accounts when he takes them over, @jeneps reports:https://t.co/i6beKoslam
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) January 15, 2021