Highlights • The Facebook page was quickly welcomed to the world of likes, long-lost friends and baby photos • Obama has long had a Twitter account, and his political campaigns have run a Facebook page under his name for years • The new page is aimed at casting Obama as a regular guy, not a politician . WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama wants you to like him. And comment on him. And share his posts, too.
Obama launched his own personal Facebook page Monday, in a fresh attempt from the social media-savvy president to spread his message through nontraditional channels.
“President Obama, public figure” was quickly welcomed to the world of likes, long-lost friends and baby photos. Obama gained more than 200,000 likes in the first three hours his page was live. Among the early commenters were Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandburg.
Obama has long had a Twitter account, and his political campaigns have run a Facebook page under his name for years. “Barack Obama, politician” is still run by an iteration of that political operation, Organizing for Action.
