White House Joins Facebook, MySpace, Twitter

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday May 04, 2009 @09:38AM from the you-guys-want-a-low-uid dept.

theodp writes "The official White House Blog called the move WhiteHouse 2.0 as the Obama administration unveiled its membership in a trio of the social-networking leaders: Facebook (157,606 fans and counting), MySpace (174,817 friends and counting) and Twitter (34,612 followers and counting)."

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Facebook (Score:5, Funny)

by Shadow Wrought ( 586631 ) * writes: <shadow.wrought@g ... minus herbivore> on Monday May 04, 2009 @09:50AM (#27815059) Homepage Journal

My wife and her High School friends use Facebook to stay in touch. Which seems to primarily revolve around sending drinks to each other. Transparency and reachability are certainly good, but, it does make you wonder how many people are going to send "buttery nipples" to the White House, and if that is actually a good thing or not.

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Is it possible to have enemys on facebook? (Score:5, Funny)

by alta ( 1263 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @09:51AM (#27815061) Homepage Journal

Just like /. I want to make obama my enemy. Mod him troll/off topic/flamebait.
Guess I should prep myself for the poor mods ;) I think my excellent karma can take it though

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"White House 2.0?" (Score:5, Funny)

by The Ultimate Fartkno ( 756456 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @09:53AM (#27815091)

We're just over 100 days in, people. How about "White House 2.0 RC1?" I don't think we're ready to go gold just yet.

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breaking news: (Score:3, Funny)

by larry bagina ( 561269 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @09:55AM (#27815105) Journal

9:33 AM: gotta drop the kids off at the pool
9:53 AM: shit, no tp

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Re:Is it possible to have enemys on facebook? (Score:5, Funny)

by eln ( 21727 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @10:05AM (#27815225)

Just like /. I want to make obama my enemy. Mod him troll/off topic/flamebait.
Guess I should prep myself for the poor mods ;) I think my excellent karma can take it though
There are easier ways to get yourself put on an FBI watch list. Why not try the tried and true method of sending him a death threat through the mail? You'll be on his enemies list in no time flat.

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Re:"White House 2.0?" (Score:3, Funny)

by Selfbain ( 624722 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @10:14AM (#27815307)

RC1 was Hillary Clinton but there was some negative feedback from users during testing.

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Re:Facebook (Score:5, Funny)

by houstonbofh ( 602064 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @10:16AM (#27815345)

He is just doing it to meet young girls... I mean he is bringing the Clinton years back. ;)

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In related news... (Score:5, Funny)

by InsertWittyNameHere ( 1438813 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @10:18AM (#27815359)

In keeping with the Obama administration's open adoption of modern American Pop Culture. The Whitehouse announced today of plans to start filming a new reality show called "Obama's BFF." The show will closely follow Obama in his search for a friendship with a world leader, akin to the Bush-Blair relationship. 16 world leaders will live in the Whitehouse for 8 weeks as they compete for Obama's friendship.
Who will be America's next ally? Find out this summer, only on Fox.

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Friending is one thing, but... (Score:3, Funny)

by StreetStealth ( 980200 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @10:27AM (#27815485) Journal

If I de-friend the White House on Facebook, will I get put on a watch list?

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Re:Facebook (Score:2, Funny)

by 0100010001010011 ( 652467 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @10:30AM (#27815517)

Your wife is more than welcome to send her buttery nipples my way.

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Re:In related news... (Score:5, Funny)

by Xiozhiq ( 724986 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @10:32AM (#27815531)

Barack of Love: President Obama tours the world in Air Force One with the other leaders present at the G-20 summit. They face off in a series of challenges designed to test their mettle, in a style reminiscent of American Gladiator meets Real World meets Bromance, to see who is worthy of becoming Obama's best friend and top advisor. 19 enter, one will remain... 8PM / 7 Central, only on Fox.
In all seriousness though, I'm intrigued by the Twitter feed. Not so much the Facebook / MySpace thing.

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Re:In related news... (Score:3, Funny)

by Andy_w715 ( 612829 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @10:47AM (#27815721)

at the end of each episode PresBo will hand out stimulus money "Will you accept this gift from the taxpayers of the US?"

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Re:In related news... (Score:4, Funny)

by geobeck ( 924637 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @10:47AM (#27815729) Homepage

Who will be America's next ally? Find out this summer, only on Fox.
If it's on Fox, they'll rig it so his BFF is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Hilarity will ensue when Barak loses his half of their BFF bracelet and Mahmoud introduces Barak to his 'civilian nuclear program'.

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The obvious next step (Score:4, Funny)

by dilvish_the_damned ( 167205 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @10:54AM (#27815825) Journal

Towards the end of his tenure he will end up on FML.

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Re:Stupid waste of taxes (Score:3, Funny)

by T Murphy ( 1054674 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @11:07AM (#27815951) Journal

Bob: But..but officer, what did I do wrong? What law did I break? Cop: "While in the United States of America, it is unlawful to be in possession of any items capable of the mass production and / or spread of fir" Bob: What? I think that should mean "fire". Cop: Well, they ran out of characters and it says fir, so that pinecone in your hand there is an illegal item. I will need to take that as evidence.

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Re:Facebook (Score:3, Funny)

by Culture20 ( 968837 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @11:11AM (#27816003)

@POTUS "Tossing the football around the Oval Office"

@CHINA "Oh $&&#*"

@RUSSIA RT @CHINA "Oh $&&#*"

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Re:Facebook (Score:3, Funny)

by Alinabi ( 464689 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @11:20AM (#27816105)

it does make you wonder how many people are going to send "buttery nipples" to the White House
Let's hope they don't get too many Australian friends then, as that drink has far less palatable name [wikipedia.org] down under

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Re:oh (Score:2, Funny)

by FireFlie ( 850716 ) writes: on Monday May 04, 2009 @12:15PM (#27816867)

Mod parent up, for replying to an asshat who replies to his replies of his posts.

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Facebook (Score:5, Funny)

Is it possible to have enemys on facebook? (Score:5, Funny)

"White House 2.0?" (Score:5, Funny)

breaking news: (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Is it possible to have enemys on facebook? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:"White House 2.0?" (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Facebook (Score:5, Funny)

In related news... (Score:5, Funny)

Friending is one thing, but... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Facebook (Score:2, Funny)

Re:In related news... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:In related news... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:In related news... (Score:4, Funny)

The obvious next step (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Stupid waste of taxes (Score:3, Funny)

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Re:oh (Score:2, Funny)

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