Obama will not be confined to Twitter 's bandwidth limit . ` ` He 's just asking the questions . With the exception of questions coming from Twitter users -- known as tweeps -- the East Room town hall event will be like many the president has done before : fielding select questions conveyed via new media technologies while giving `` old-fashioned '' answers with a microphone . ` He 's not typing and tweeting , '' White House says . Twitter co - founder Chris Dorsey to monitor the growing flood of tweets .
Obama will not be confined to Twitter 's bandwidth limit . ` ` He 's just asking the questions . He 's not typing and tweeting , '' White House says . Twitter co - founder Chris Dorsey to monitor the growing flood of tweets .