Elon Musk has taken to praising himself with burner accounts on his personal social media network

[jlw]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/02/20/elon-musk-has-taken-to-praising-himself-with-burner-accounts-on-his-personal-social-media-network.html

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[Mindysan33]

Will senpai finally notice senpai!!! /s

[wazroth]

@jlw

The allegation gained traction over the weekend after the popular comedic user known as “Liam Nissan” brought attention to the claim. Nissan and others said that the user “Adrian Dittmann,” which regularly gives acclaim to Musk and his companies, actually belongs to the billionaire.

The matter was made only worse when Nissan’s account, which boasted well over 250,000 followers, went offline shortly after.

Free speech absolutism in action, folks.

[Tamsin_Bailey]

Aw, he finally has someone that loves him!

[sqlrob]

Didn’t he get caught at this at least once already?

[Mindysan33]

[GagHalfrunt]

I’m reminded of Donald Trump’s alter ego “John Barron”, who lied about Trump’s wealth so that he would get on to the Forbes 400 list.

Incidentally, John is Trump’s middle name, and he later recycled Barron as the given name of his youngest son. Trump’s imagination is truly as rich as his vocabulary.

[Tamsin_Bailey]

@GagHalfrunt

Trump’s imagination is truly as rich as his vocabulary.

It’s certainly richer than he is.

[RickMycroft]

I laugh at people who think that Musk is drifting to the far-right. He’s always been there, but now he’s not hiding it, and letting his fash flag fly.

[euansmith]

@jlw

Nissan and others said that the user “Adrian Dittmann,” which regularly gives acclaim to Musk and his companies, actually belongs to the billionaire.

Pictured:Adrian Dittmann. You wouldn’t know him. He lives in Canada.

[geoduck]

If he’s using fake-name burner accounts, then yes, he’s still trying to hide it.

[Otherbrother]

So he actually called in to Infowars under that alias, using a voice distortion device? That’s… something.

Is “Adrian Dittmann” actually Elon Musk?

[Brainspore]

@jlw

Nissan’s account, which boasted well over 250,000 followers, went offline shortly after.

With luck this will help convince Nissan’s followers to ditch the platform.

Everyone who still uses Twitter is benefiting Musk to some extent. Even those who use it to make fun of him.

[GagHalfrunt]

@Otherbrother

So he actually called in to Infowars under that alias, using a voice distortion device? That’s… something.

Perhaps he used one of the voice changer programs advertised by burner accounts on Xitter.

[dculberson]

OMG this is just sad

[Grey_Devil]

The first thing i thought was the quote “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”. I think of it while Twitter crumbles into the vast nothingness of digital hell.

[Otherbrother]

@jlw

Adrian Dittmann

Seems like Musk would be the kind of guy to use a fake name that was an anagram of some dumb phrase or joke, right?

These are some that I found, but it’s probably something else:

Attain Darn Mind
Damn taint drain
Martian Dad in TN
Radiant mind tan

Any other guesses?

[Brainspore]

@Grey_Devil

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”

…And scrawled beneath, by an oddly similar hand
The words “Ozymandias, I just think you’re grand!”

[Grey_Devil]

And below that a mysterious hieroglyph in response

[GagHalfrunt]

Is that a Martian pyramid?