DigitalJack Dorsey Explains Glitch That Caused Twitter Users to Automatically Follow @POTUSTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey explained a glitch that led some users to automatically follow the @POTUS account that was taken over by President Donald Trump Friday.By David Cohen|January 23, 2017 ShareBy David Cohen|January 23, 2017 ShareTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey explained a glitch that led some users to automatically follow the @POTUS account that was taken over by President Donald Trump Friday.Dorsey said in a series of tweets (embedded below) that as part of the transition from former President Barack Obama to Trump, followers of @POTUS prior to Friday’s inauguration were slated to follow both @POTUS and @POTUS44, where the tweets from the Obama administration are archived.However, more than 500,000 Twitter users who followed @POTUS44 after a certain time period were automatically set up to follow @POTUS due to the glitch.Readers: Were any of you affected by this glitch?All: we investigated what happened here, and we made some mistakes (which have been corrected). Some context first. https://t.co/W1n3Xs6LaN— jack (@jack) January 21, 2017The Obama Administration worked with all their platforms to craft a transition plan: https://t.co/cyMrananrg— jack (@jack) January 21, 2017Because @POTUS is an institutional account (not personal) they felt it only fair to transition accounts with followers intact, but 0 tweets.— jack (@jack) January 21, 2017We kicked off that plan at 12p Eastern yesterday: https://t.co/z9DVkI2xAv— jack (@jack) January 21, 2017If you were following @POTUS before 12pET, by end of day you'd be following *two* accounts: @POTUS44 (44th Admin) and @POTUS (45th Admin)— jack (@jack) January 21, 2017Two issues were reported during the day which we spent the night confirming and have now corrected:— jack (@jack) January 21, 20171. People who followed @POTUS44 (Obama Admin) after 12pET were mistakenly set to also follow @POTUS (Trump Admin).— jack (@jack) January 21, 20171. People who followed @POTUS44 (Obama Admin) after 12pET were mistakenly set to also follow @POTUS (Trump Admin).— jack (@jack) January 21, 2017This also affected other official Administration accounts like @VP, @WhiteHouse, and @PressSec.— jack (@jack) January 21, 2017This also affected other official Administration accounts like @VP, @WhiteHouse, and @PressSec.— jack (@jack) January 21, 2017We believe we've corrected all accounts to reflect your follow/unfollow intent. We're sorry for the mistakes made here, and thank you all.— jack (@jack) January 21, 2017 Adweek Adweek