Crawls of the Obama White House website and subdomains conducted in the months leading up to the end of his administration (Novemeber 2016 - January 2017). ||||| Crawls of the Obama White House website and subdomains conducted in the months leading up to the end of his administration (Novemeber 2016 - January 2017). ||||| President Barack Obama tweets his first tweet from his new @POTUS account from the Oval Office, May 18, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) 
 
 Today, with a tweet from the Oval Office, President Obama launched @POTUS, the official Twitter account of the President of the United States. 
 
 Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account. — President Obama (@POTUS) May 18, 2015 
 
 The @POTUS Twitter account will serve as a new way for President Obama to engage directly with the American people, with tweets coming exclusively from him. President Obama is committed to making his Administration the most open and participatory in history, and @POTUS will give Americans a new venue to engage on the issues that matter most to them. 
 
 Looking for more ways to engage with the White House on Twitter? Be sure to check out all of our official accounts: 
 
 The White House: @WhiteHouse 
 
 Vice President Joe Biden: @VP 
 
 First Lady Michelle Obama: @FLOTUS 
 
 Dr. Jill Biden: @DrBiden 
 
 Live coverage from the White House: @WHLive 
 
 Press Secretary Josh Earnest: @PressSec 
 
 Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett: @VJ44 
 
 Communications Director Jen Psaki: @Psaki44 
 
 White House updates in Spanish: @LaCasaBlanca 
 
 Chief Official White House Photographer: @PeteSouza 
 
 You can find a full list of official White House Twitter accounts here. ||||| Tweet with a location 
 
 You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| Tweet with a location 
 
 You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| This account is run by the Office of First Lady Michelle Obama. Tweets from the First Lady are signed –mo. Tweets may be archived. More at http://wh.gov/privacy
– President Obama has officially entered the 21st century: He has his very own Twitter account, @POTUS. As of this writing, there's only one tweet on it: "Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account." As for the bio section of the account, it describes him as a father first: "Dad, husband, and 44th President of the United States." Meanwhile, @WhiteHouse features a picture of Obama with his phone, captioned: "President Obama. In the Oval Office. Tweeting." He's also been welcomed to Twitter by his wife and his VP, among others. The White House says the account "will serve as a new way for President Obama to engage directly with the American people, with tweets coming exclusively from him."