Trump to take over official @POTUS Twitter account

Recode shares the story:

Starting Friday, @POTUS, the official Twitter account created by The White House and reserved for the sitting president, will change hands from Barack Obamas team to Trumps administration.

Included in the exchange: @POTUSs 13.6 million followers.

That means that if you currently follow @POTUS under the Obama administration, youll continue to follow the account as it moves under Trumps control. The stream of tweets will be wiped clean so Trump and his team can start fresh.

Twitter will also automatically follow a new account for you @POTUS44 where Obamas stream of tweets live. The same process will take place for a number of other high-profile accounts, like @FLOTUS (First Lady Michelle Obama) and @WhiteHouse.

So we know how the accounts will change hands, but we dont know how Trump will use @POTUS, if at all. Earlier this week, Trump suggested hed continue to use his personal Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, which has more followers (more than 20.3 million at last count).

But he also suggested that hed soon have 280 characters to tweet, double Twitters 140 character limit, an apparent nod to using both accounts. So who knows.