#Potus twitter removed archive#

The past eight years have left us with tremendous optimism about how future administrations might use these tools to create even more pathways for meaningful civic participation. This work began on President Obama’s 2008 campaign and, over the course of this Administration, has increasingly meant meeting people where they are online, using technology to re-imagine traditional formats, and creating unique opportunities for people to interact with their government.

#Potus twitter removed archive#

The archive belongs to the American people.įrom the very beginning, our mission has been to reach Americans and people around the world on the channels and platforms where they already spend their time. This digital infrastructure is an asset not just for the next president but for all future presidents to build off of.

In 2015, President Obama sent his first tweet from In 2016, the White House debuted an official story on Snapchat for the State of the Union. In 2013, the First Lady posted her first photo to Instagram. In 2011, we launched We the People, a platform for citizens to petition the White House. In 2009, in addition to rolling out a revamped featuring a blog, RSS, and an email list, we joined Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Vimeo, iTunes, and even MySpace.

Looking back over the past eight years, our digital footprint reflects some broader changes in the ways people consume news and information and engage with the world around them online. Over the past eight years, the President, Vice President, First Lady, and the White House have used social media and technology to engage with people around the country and the world on the most important issues of our time (while having some fun along the way). President Obama is the first “social media president”: the first to have on Twitter, the first to go live on Facebook from the Oval Office, the first to answer questions from citizens on YouTube, the first to use a filter on Snapchat.