Woman says she was put in mental hospital for saying Obama follows her on Twitter. She was kind of right. - The Washington Post

They thought she (Kam Brock) might be delusional, in part because she said that President Obama was one of her Twitter followers.

 

"I told (the doctor) Obama follows me on Twitter to show her the type of person I am," Brock said, according to the Daily News. "I’m a good person, a positive person. Obama follows positive people!" The hospital's objectives prior to her release? "Patient will verbalize the importance of education for employment and will state that Obama is not following her on Twitter."

 

The story caught on in part because the Twitter account @BarackObama does follow Brock.

 

But now the kicker -- a kicker that I admit I am personally a bit obsessed with. Barack Obama actually doesn't follow Brock on Twitter.

 

You see, @BarackObama isn't Barack Obama. It's Organizing For Action, the non-profit formed out of the remains of Obama's 2012 campaign. OFA leases the Twitter account from the president's campaign (which still exists as a legal entity). The organization uses the account clearly so that people will make the same assumption that Brock did, that it's the voice of Barack Obama."