A Brief History Of The Rise And Fall Of The White House's Social Media

Stop trying to make anything happen.

In general, Barack Obama and his team have done a good job with social media

From their Tumblrs

To various Twitters

They have had some big hits, like this tweet that has over 796,000 retweets, making it the most retweeted tweet of all time.

Barack Obama

@BarackObama

Four more years.

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Overall, they were doing A-O-K.

And then it happened. Last week, they won our hearts with this "Mean Girls" reference. It won. It was the best. We laughed, we cried. White House Social Media #1

Then it quickly went downhill. The next day they thought it was a good idea to tweet a pic of Joe Biden with a camel for hump day

The White House

@whitehouse

Guess what day it is…

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In a panic, White House social media strategists felt like they had to write something crazy into the script, so they turned to animals and adopted a dog. Too little, too late

There's a new puppy at the White House… http://t.co/QRDoYqAekL #MeetSunny,

The White House

@whitehouse

There's a new puppy at the White House… http://t.co/QRDoYqAekL #MeetSunny,

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This is the equivalent of when "Family Matters" wrote Stefan into the show.

This is definitely not a stroll

Now it has just gotten out of hand. Besties? They aren't even looking at each other.

FLOTUS

@FLOTUS

Besties.

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My advice to you, White House, is to delete your accounts and leave as soon as possible.

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