All: we investigated what happened here, and we made some mistakes (which have been corrected). Some context first.https://twitter.com/support/status/822652800907800580 …
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We kicked off that plan at 12p Eastern yesterday:http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/01/20/510784802/on-the-day-of-white-house-transitions-twitter-shifts-potus-to-donald-trump …
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Two issues were reported during the day which we spent the night confirming and have now corrected:
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We believe this affected about 560,000 people. This was a mistake, it wasn't right, we own it, and we apologize. No excuses.
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This also affected other official Administration accounts like
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We believe we've corrected all accounts to reflect your follow/unfollow intent. We're sorry for the mistakes made here, and thank you all.
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Curious, who set the initial profile background image of the
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JoeVidulich@WhiteHouse key word: work. new guy there for money and egoThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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ok. I understand. Thanks for looking into to this & straightening it out.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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this link is still dead
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okay so it looks like my IP address is blocked for some reason
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