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What To Do With Fake Twitter Accounts?
by Paul on 09/16/09 at 07:18 AM ET
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from Tarik El-Bashir of the Washington Post,
...as more people turn to Twitter to keep in touch with friends and follow their favorite celebrities, impostor accounts are becoming a concern for image-conscious athletes and causing confusion for others.
“My buddy Googled my name a while back, and he stumbled across [the fake account],” Schultz said. “He asked, ‘Do you have a Twitter account?’ I was like: ‘No.’ The fans, I’m sure, all know about it. What if someone puts up the wrong thing? People might get the wrong impression of the type of person you are or the things you do in your free time.”
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I had a fake Twitter account a while ago that was disabled, coincidentally around June and the announcement of a sale.
*sigh*
@Molsons - Want to buy a football team?
Posted by George Gilette from Montreal on 09/16/09 at 09:18 AM ET
Who really cares about fake Twitter accounts? It’s parody, like so many other things on the ‘net. Leave it alone.
Posted by BuzzFledderjohn on 09/16/09 at 10:00 AM ET
Doesn’t Twitter have a rule that any parody account must be clearly indicated? The “Brian Burke” twitter had the line “Yes, it’s a parody” right on the initial page with the profile and the website of the actual blooger writing the tweets.
Maybe read the title page or profile page or whatever to see if it is fake or not?
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 09/16/09 at 01:20 PM ET
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 09/16/09 at 02:20 PM ET
Hey…is the boycott over?
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 09/16/09 at 01:56 PM ET
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Maybe don’t report tweets as fact without confirming?
Posted by Garth on 09/16/09 at 08:31 AM ET