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How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age

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Re: How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age

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Post by ChrisClark »

ihsw wrote: post #48
whateveracct wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

are you living in a fantasy world where polls don't matter

Are you living in a fantasy world where: * polls are over-sampled with pro-Clinton Democrats so badly that they aren't relevant * Clinton's popularity is so low that she can't fill the venues she campaigns at yet Trump regularly fills them to max capacity (and then some) * she makes minimal to no public appearances, instead relying on weak public figures (has-been film celebrities, entertainers) to campaign on her be…

Wow, you really are. I'm so, so sorry.

Re: How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age

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Post by [deleted] »

komali2 wrote: post #20
privong wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Okay, so, what will this link do? > 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. Y…

Does 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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Re: How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age

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Post by epc »

vonzeppelin wrote: post #21

I don't understand the why of this transition. Why does it need to be moved to a new account? Why can't it all just stay on the same account?

The records created by a given Presidential administration are controlled by that administration, even after it's in office. It's unlikely that Twitter or most internet services have a notion of an identity being passed from one administration to the next, preventing the "new" administration from changing or deleting the records created by the previous administration.

Re: How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age

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Post by icantdrive55 »

ihsw wrote: post #48
whateveracct wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

are you living in a fantasy world where polls don't matter

Are you living in a fantasy world where: * polls are over-sampled with pro-Clinton Democrats so badly that they aren't relevant * Clinton's popularity is so low that she can't fill the venues she campaigns at yet Trump regularly fills them to max capacity (and then some) * she makes minimal to no public appearances, instead relying on weak public figures (has-been film celebrities, entertainers) to campaign on her be…

I don't like either of them.(I thought that would be IDLEOT by now?).

Anyways, I think polls might be skewed towards Hillary because a lot of people won't admit they are waiting until that day when they are inside the polling booth to make up their mind. Millions of people will be lingering a few seconds over those two boxes. Hovering over the two candidates. They will come home and have a glass of wine. It will be Shrillery, or the angry Idiot. Not a good night ether way.

A lot of people, including myself, wouldn't admit they are voting for Trump, even in a robo call.

For myself, those kids of his are worse than Donald. We will be stuck with those spoiled brats forever?

I can picture one holding a elephant's tail, and the other behind a dead tiger.

They all are all lining themselfs up for something other than a secure job at daddy's empire?

Eric=Mayor of NY. (Ugh?)

Girl 1(daddy's girl)=the voice of Millenials. (Oops!)

Girl 2(Daisey Duke--no the blond in The Big Lebowski?)=The next Oprah? Actually, she is the only one I can stomach.

That hunter=He will hopefully have an accident cleaning his one of his many Wetherbys.

Re: How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age

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Post by nothrabannosir »

harryh wrote: post #35
rebootthesystem wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I worry about polarization to such an extent that administration N might spend millions of dollars to develop tools useful for the running of the nation and, upon transition, these tools are negated to administration M almost purely on an ideological bases. In other words, we are not supposed to be developing software and tools at the White House, or anywhere else, to support a particular political party but rather i…

Do you have any evidence to support your worry? It seems to me that it's mostly unfounded. Nothing like what you describe has ever happened in the past.

https://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-European-parliament-move-...

Most of the Parliament would like to move the seat to Brussels because most other European institutions (notably the Commission) are there, but France would not agree to give up the Strasbourg seat.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/future-eu/news/auditors-put...

Every year, the European Parliament meets for 12 four-day part-sessions in Strasbourg and six additional two-day part-sessions in Brussels.

Roughly €114 million is spent every year to move the European Parliament between its Brussels and Strasbourg seats every month, according to a new assessment by the European Court of Auditors. EurActiv Germany reports.

:(

Re: How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age

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Post by 0xcde4c3db »

ihsw wrote: post #48
whateveracct wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

are you living in a fantasy world where polls don't matter

Are you living in a fantasy world where: * polls are over-sampled with pro-Clinton Democrats so badly that they aren't relevant * Clinton's popularity is so low that she can't fill the venues she campaigns at yet Trump regularly fills them to max capacity (and then some) * she makes minimal to no public appearances, instead relying on weak public figures (has-been film celebrities, entertainers) to campaign on her be…

> Clinton's popularity is so low that she can't fill the venues she campaigns at yet Trump regularly fills them to max capacity (and then some)

In case anyone doesn't realize it, this is a parlor trick that anyone with an audience can do. Just book a venue that's too small and oversell tickets by way more than the expected percentage of no-shows. If you're feeling especially ambitious, accuse the fire marshal of having political motivations for enforcing the capacity [1].

[1] http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mcmanus-trump-fir...

Re: How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age

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Post by douche »

0xcde4c3db wrote: post #56
ihsw wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you living in a fantasy world where: * polls are over-sampled with pro-Clinton Democrats so badly that they aren't relevant * Clinton's popularity is so low that she can't fill the venues she campaigns at yet Trump regularly fills them to max capacity (and then some) * she makes minimal to no public appearances, instead relying on weak public figures (has-been film celebrities, entertainers) to campaign on her be…

> Clinton's popularity is so low that she can't fill the venues she campaigns at yet Trump regularly fills them to max capacity (and then some) In case anyone doesn't realize it, this is a parlor trick that anyone with an audience can do. Just book a venue that's too small and oversell tickets by way more than the expected percentage of no-shows. If you're feeling especially ambitious, accuse the fire marshal of havi…

Trump is absolutely crushing Clinton in attendance at campaign events.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/10/no-joke-hillary-rare...

Re: How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age

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Post by syngrog66 »

wait a minute... the President is communicating on a private server account? not via a "secure" government server? someone tell Comey quick so he can write another letter to Congress revealing this madness. We still have a week left.

I wonder if any other government employees are too. I wonder if any are passing classified info thru them, especially in DM's.

Re: How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age

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Post by arrrg »

nothrabannosir wrote: post #55
harryh wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have any evidence to support your worry? It seems to me that it's mostly unfounded. Nothing like what you describe has ever happened in the past.

https://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-European-parliament-move-... Most of the Parliament would like to move the seat to Brussels because most other European institutions (notably the Commission) are there, but France would not agree to give up the Strasbourg seat. https://www.euractiv.com/section/future-eu/news/auditors-put... Every year, the European Parliament meets for 12 four-day part-sessions in Strasbourg and six…

That’s not political polarization, that’s nation states being egoistical dicks (as they frequently are).

At any rate, it's completely unrelated to the topic at hand and not remotely an example of anything that was discussed.

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