PCWorld.com - The White House this weekend opened a variety of social networking sites, including Facebook, MySpace and Twitter accounts, presumably in an effort to show that just because he sits in the Oval Office, doesn't make our current tech-savvy president less cool. After eight years of relative opacity, this Web 2.0 version of the government comes as a welcome burst of fresh air and transparency.
These new social networking memberships join the growing list of Web 2.0 initiatives President Obama's White House has adopted since taking oath. The White House is currently a supporter of Flickr, the video site Vimeo, YouTube and iTunes for videos and podcasts.
white house twitterSo far, the MySpace and Facebook profiles look and feel similar to the White House's official blog, recycling content such as the President's weekly YouTube address (the 21st century version of the 60-year-old Saturday Presidential radio message), updated information about the swine flu outbreak, and various other matters.
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