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> The account will retain its more than 11 million followers, but start with no tweets on the timeline. @POTUS44, a newly created handle maintained by NARA, wi
by cryptoz 10y ago
> The account will retain its more than 11 million followers, but start with no tweets on the timeline. @POTUS44, a newly created handle maintained by NARA, will contain all of President Obama’s tweets and will be accessible to the public on Twitter as an archive of President Obama’s use of the account.
Wait, how are they planning on doing this? Will this copy retain the timestamps and other metadata of the original tweets? I don't understand how this will work.
Edit: The more I think about this the more confusing it sounds. Will the tweets be deleted? Will all the links break? This seems like a very messy way of handling the transition, unless I'm misunderstanding how it will work.
- MichaelBurge 10y agoI think the White House can get someone at Twitter to copy anything they need over.
- cryptoz 10y agoOkay, so, what will this link do? https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/786254141182074880 https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/786254141182074880 Will it go to a page that says deleted? Is that what "no tweets on the timeline" means? Will each tweet link redirect to the copy?
- privong 10y ago> Okay, so, what will this link do? > https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/786254141182074880 https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/786254141182074880 > Will it go to a page that says deleted? Is that what "no tweets on the timeline" means? Will each tweet link redirect to the copy? I think the only important part of the URL is the ID number at the end. So, no matter what the username is changed to, as long as you have that unique numeric ID, it will go to the correct place. You can check this by changing the "POTUS" string to anything else you like, and sending your browser to that modified URL: https://twitter.com/POTUS44/status/786254141182074880 https://twitter.com/POTUS44/status/786254141182074880 Presently, the above URL redirects to the POTUS one you posted, but that just goes to show that the numeric ID is the important identifier.
- komali2 10y agoDoes twitter use the JSON api? AKA doesn't that url only have the username/status part for "discoverability" reasons, but realistically that tweet id at the end is the ACTUAL id for the tweet?
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- RKoutnik 10y agoSame tweet id, just the username changed: https://twitter.com/cryptoz/status/786254141182074880 https://twitter.com/cryptoz/status/786254141182074880 Still goes to the same tweet.
- harryh 10y agohttps://twitter.com/potus/status/722572830592794624 https://twitter.com/potus/status/722572830592794624 @vallesmarineris is you right?
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- 8ytecoder 10y agoI'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 https://support.twitter.com/articles/14609
- GuiA 10y agoIf they do that, then the new POTUS account will start at 0 followers (unless they have a special agreement with Twitter).
- privong 10y ago> If 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.
- cmdrfred 10y agoThey just do a password reset on a Twitter admin account and have the NSA forward them the email.
- favorited 10y agoI'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.
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- Natsu 10y agoIf I understand correctly, Bill could end up with @FLOTUS?
- Beltiras 10y agoFirst Lad of the United States
- s_kilk 10y agoI have visions of Bill, passed out in a hammock on the White House lawn, surrounded by empties and cheeto packets. Living the dream.
- ihsw 10y ago> Bill could end up with @FLOTUS No that will more than likely go to Melania.
- sigmar 10y agoOh boy, we've got another poll-truther in here
- cfqycwz 10y agoI mean right now 538 has the odds at one in four which is fairly sizable
- mememachine 10y agoi dont think this is a very respectful comment
- chronic6l 10y agoThat's the problem with college kids and new grads. The truth is not always respectful. And given the recent poll numbers, they are in for a disrespectful awakening.
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