Comment on How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media AgeparentComments−8ytecoder9yI'd imagine they'd just change[1] the username of the current account and create a new one with @POTUS handle.[1] https://support.twitter.com/articles/14609−GuiA9yIf they do that, then the new POTUS account will start at 0 followers (unless they have a special agreement with Twitter).−favorited9yI'd imagine they have a special agreement with Twitter anyway, at least to keep someone from programmatically grabbing @POTUS as soon as a script realized that @POTUS44 had been created.−privong9yIf they do that, then the new POTUS account will start at 0 followers (unless they have a special agreement with Twitter).They must have made some sort of arrangement. The article states:The account will retain its more than 11 million followers, but start with no tweets on the timeline.−cmdrfred9yThey just do a password reset on a Twitter admin account and have the NSA forward them the email.
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I'd imagine they'd just change[1] the username of the current account and create a new one with @POTUS handle.
[1] https://support.twitter.com/articles/14609
If they do that, then the new POTUS account will start at 0 followers (unless they have a special agreement with Twitter).
I'd imagine they have a special agreement with Twitter anyway, at least to keep someone from programmatically grabbing @POTUS as soon as a script realized that @POTUS44 had been created.
They must have made some sort of arrangement. The article states:
The account will retain its more than 11 million followers, but start with no tweets on the timeline.
They just do a password reset on a Twitter admin account and have the NSA forward them the email.