Twitter Resets @POTUS Account
for President Joe Biden .
When Donald Trump became president, he inherited President Barack Obama's Twitter followers via the official government account.
This time around, Twitter has decided not to transfer the previous administration's followers to Joe Biden.
Instead, those who follow “relevant Biden and Harris accounts” will be notified that they can follow @POTUS and @VP.
In addition, @PresElectBiden has become @POTUS, @FLOTUSBiden has become @FLOTUS and @SenKamalaHarris has become @VP.
A new account for Harris' husband, @SecondGentleman, is also live.
Trump's official government account will be archived as @POTUS45.
Twitter maintains that the new protocol gives users the choice to follow the new accounts.
President Biden's digital director,
Rob Flaherty, says the follower reset is
"Absolutely, profoundly insufficient.".
Facebook and Instagram intend to
transfer all 11 million White House
followers to the Biden administration.
Less than an hour after being sworn in,
Biden posted his first tweet