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Professor, physicist, sci comm. Black holes, quantum gravity, cosmology. Tar Heel. RT = spooky action at a distance. Opinions are mine alone.

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    Robert McNees‏ @mcnees 13h13 hours ago

    🚨Please follow @HouseScience and UNFOLLOW @housesciencegop. 🚨 The outgoing committee switched the name of the account instead of handing it over to the Dems, taking all the followers with them. Not sure why @twitter allowed this.

    2:26 pm - 4 Jan 2019
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    16 replies . 328 retweets 306 likes
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      2. Robert McNees‏ @mcnees 13h13 hours ago

        If you were following @HouseScience before yesterday, Twitter switched you over to the GOP account and didn’t add the official committee account to your follows. You have to do it manually.

        4 replies . 40 retweets 43 likes
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      3. Robert McNees‏ @mcnees 12h12 hours ago

        Hrm. So this wasn’t underhanded, but it was extremely dumb. The idea that most of those 168k followers wanted to follow @housesciencegop, rather than the official @HouseScience account, doesn’t make sense.

        2 replies . 5 retweets 32 likes
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      4. Robert McNees‏ @mcnees 12h12 hours ago

        I’m curious to know if this is how it was done in 2011, when the GOP took the majority. The account was created in 2009 when the Dems were in control.

        4 replies . 3 retweets 20 likes
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      5. Robert McNees‏ @mcnees 10h10 hours ago

        Twitter got an earful in 2017 when they did it the other way, having Obama followers automatically follow Trump’s POTUS account. Maybe just set all official accounts to zero at a transition and send folks a message with option to refollow.

        1 reply . 2 retweets 32 likes
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      6. Robert McNees‏ @mcnees 9h9 hours ago

        That is, there are some situations where you want to follow someone to their new account, and others where you want to stick with an official account when it changes hands. Probably best to just ask users what they want to do each time.

        3 replies . 3 retweets 20 likes
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      2. Dave Levitan‏Verified account @davelevitan 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @mcnees @JenLucPiquant and

        Dave Levitan Retweeted Dave Levitan

        The easy solution is that committee accounts should just be used for scheduling/official business, and each party can have a separate account. It's absurd they don't do it that way.https://twitter.com/davelevitan/status/1081262439096827904 …

        Dave Levitan added,

        Dave LevitanVerified account @davelevitan
        So, there seems to be some issues with handing over Congressional twitter accounts from one party to the other. I have long railed about how weird it is that one party controls the committee account, when an actual hearing involves both parties. BUT — this is doubly weird. …
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        1 reply . 2 retweets 7 likes
      3. Robert McNees‏ @mcnees 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @davelevitan @JenLucPiquant and

        Yeah, I feel like it makes sense to have an account limited to official messaging from the committee, though I’m not sure if both sides would agree on the line between official and partisan.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Dave Levitan‏Verified account @davelevitan 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @mcnees @JenLucPiquant

        True, could be complicated, but if you just limit it to "this hearing will take place at this time, here's the link to watch it" kind of stuff I can't imagine anyone could complain.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Robert McNees‏ @mcnees 8h8 hours ago
        Replying to @davelevitan @JenLucPiquant

        Oh sure, I guess I’m imagining them linking to a study or something relevant for upcoming testimony. I’d like for a committee like this to be able to share consensus scientific opinions, even on charged topics, in the course of their official business.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Dave Levitan‏Verified account @davelevitan 8h8 hours ago
        Replying to @mcnees @JenLucPiquant

        Agreed that would be nice, but uh, my level of trust in that working well regardless of party in charge is... not high.

        0 replies . 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Tom B.‏ @Lok52 8h8 hours ago
        Replying to @mcnees

        Except I'm already following @HouseScience and not following @housesciencegop. I didn't do any following or unfollowing at all.❓🤷‍♂️ @Twitter

        1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Robert McNees‏ @mcnees 8h8 hours ago
        Replying to @Lok52 @HouseScience and

        When’d you follow?

        0 replies . 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Talcon‏ @mryamyams 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @mcnees @HouseScience and

        Isn’t this the same thing that happened with @POTUS?

        1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Robert McNees‏ @mcnees 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @mryamyams @HouseScience and

        Sort of the reverse. Maybe no good way to do it.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Talcon‏ @mryamyams 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @mcnees @HouseScience and

        But wouldn’t that mean that it’s not some sinister thing by Republicans? Just poor design by Twitter?

        0 replies . 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Dr Sarah Taber‏ @SarahTaber_bww 6h6 hours ago
        Replying to @mcnees @HouseScience and

        reported the housesciencegop account as an impersonator account 😂

        1 reply . 0 retweets 11 likes
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      2. Sophia Gad-Nasr  🏳️‍🌈‏Verified account @Astropartigirl 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @mcnees @HouseScience and

        Whoa. Thanks so much for informing. This is really important. We need as many people as possible to see this so they know what happened

        1 reply . 0 retweets 7 likes
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      1. kyle‏ @Wright_Thoughts 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @mcnees

        God this shit is infuriating

        0 replies . 0 retweets 4 likes
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