#makeamericagrateagain

1.) Social media has a new 'POTUS'

This report by USA Today describes that President Obama didn't just leave the big white house behind proceeding his term, he also said goodbye to the  “POTUS”  account he once maned. Obama was the first President of The United States to actively engage on Twitter. It is set that to be that a number of other accounts including the @VP and @FLOTUS will remain the property of the current administration. As for the old POTUS account ran by Obama's administration, It will be archived and maintained by The National Archives and Records Administration. This is interesting because up until this election there has been no need for the NARA to step in an maintain old social media accounts. From here on out the accounts will be archived with the number the president was following POTUS (Obama is @POTUS44). In the future data mining can and most likely will be used to trace things administrations said in election cycles and other pivotal times to understand what voters want and to sway popular opinion.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/01/20/s-official-social-media-has-new-potus/96837304/

2.) Trump on Snapchat?

President Trump is on Snap Chat and people have mixed feelings about it. Some think it is great that he is accessible to the public but many fear that removing communication barriers between POTUS and the public could be dangerous. It is no news that Trump is often quick to take to social media and many times posts things that are not quite accurate. On average trump is engaging on social media every hour. I don’t know about you but i can not fugure out, how dose the POTUS have time to tweet and or snap chat every hour?? If it truthfully is him tweeting, it is concerning that he has that much free time. If it is not him tweeting, than this is a direct contradiction to his whole platform of being transparent with the public. Further more it raises concerns of nationally security and hacking threats when he is using his personal android phone rather than the one provided. Not to mention the fact that it could be a criminal case if he were to discard any one the posts he makes. 

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/trump-snapchat-president-s-expanded-social-media-presence-offers-pitfalls-n712946

3.) Asking foreign visitors for social media info

The Trump Administration has been toying with the idea of scanning all incoming immigrants social media and contacts. This idea to me is outlandish. The administration has yet to explain how they would execute a law like this. That is becoming a Trend for Trump. He has a lot of huge plans but not much data, facts, or explanation of how they all will work. In this story their is also quotes of Trump attacking the media as he defends his executive orders, saying that the media made up the “Muslim Band” reference and that that is not at all what it is in reality.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/politics/donald-trump-immigrant-policy-social-media-contacts/

4.) Social media fires back

After a source close to President Trump revealed that he “likes his women to dress like women” many women took to social media to voice their opinion about the statement. The overwhelming conses was that they were appalled. Women felt that they were thought of as less than, that they were reduced to the clothing they wore rendering their skills irrelevant. The hash tag #DressLikeAWomen  began to trend as women posted photos of them wearing things that made them feel like women. Police officers, firefighters, and women in suits were common place among this trend. I think that the unity the Trump administration has created among women is fantastic though. We are all fighting for our rights as women and we have power in numbers. It is unfortunate to be in this situation but at least we know we have each other.

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/317836-social-media-users-fire-back-at-trump-for-asking-female-staff

5.) Queens priest facing backlash for social media post

This articular is actually not directly related to things Trump is doing or causing but rather a story of a catholic priest that got caught in a PR nightmare. The priest re-tweeted an info graphic of a man jumping out a window to his death with the words “Share your hate for Trump” “#JumpAginstTrump”. The priest maintains that he is staunchly against suicide as a part of his believes, and that he only re-tweeted it because he thought it was so outrageous. This story reminded me of when Trump himself proclaimed that “re tweets are not endorsements”. The idea is strange to me because a repost of any sort links directly to a persons personal account where one should reflect genuine values and thoughts. This is just one of many stories revolving around hash tags and Trump, and it raises the question: Is the POTUS to active on social media, and if so is this what is causing so many hash tag campaigns to revolve around him for better or for worse?