Fake Twitter Accounts

September 3, 2009 10:22 AM

I recently fell in love with the concept of fake Twitter accounts, and I'm currently collecting them towards some sort of a project. Can you recommend you favorite (if any) fakes on Twitter?
posted by lipsum to media & arts (38 comments total)

The fake Dina Lohan twitter (http://twitter.com/dinalohan) is incredible. Info on the actual author.
posted by cosmic osmo at 10:25 AM on September 3

@yesmichaelkay is pretty funny if you're a fan of the Yankees YES network.
posted by kiboflavin at 10:30 AM on September 3

HOBODARKSEID is an absolute scream. Darkseid, the chief villain in Jack Kirby's New Gods comics from the 1970's, has fallen on hard times and lives in a dumpster behind a Baby Gap.
posted by Scoo at 10:31 AM on September 3 [1 favorite]

Laura Ingalls Wilder.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:38 AM on September 3 [2 favorites]

Fake Steve Jobs.
posted by foxy_hedgehog at 10:40 AM on September 3

twitter.com/cobracommander he took responsibility for this weeks gmail outage.
posted by pwally at 10:42 AM on September 3 [1 favorite]

@FakeRodBlago was extremely amusing for a while there, but he's been quiet lately.
posted by onell at 10:46 AM on September 3

Dennis Hopper
posted by a womble is an active kind of sloth at 10:46 AM on September 3

Lazy shortcut: "fake twitter" search from MetaFilter. Google hits #1 & #3 for fake celebrity twitter accounts: PC World's favorite 15 and Twitter Fan Wiki / Fakers. I don't follow tweeters, so I wish you good luck dredging through this all.
posted by filthy light thief at 10:48 AM on September 3

I typed out all of these nicely with html, but then closed my tab, so I'm going to be lazy and just put the usernames:

HotAmishChick
DarthVader
Sockington and PennyCat
WriteRCastle
The Questionable Content cast: MartenReed, FayeWhitaker, PenelopeGaines, DoraBianchi, SvenBianchi, HanneloreEC, XxSexyRavenxX, MarigoldFarmer, Tai_Fighter

Does Mathowie count? I don't believe he exists.
posted by specialagentwebb at 10:50 AM on September 3

After posting, I realized that the prior suggestions were all for "impersonator" accounts; someone tweeting as someone else. Were you looking for that, or for Twitterers who are themselves fake/not real?
posted by specialagentwebb at 10:51 AM on September 3

Sockington the Cat
posted by Kimberly at 10:53 AM on September 3 [1 favorite]

Dr. Samuel Johnson is great.
posted by game warden to the events rhino at 10:54 AM on September 3

If you follow the TV series Mad Men, you'll very likely enjoy the Twitter feed for Carla, the Drapers’ African American housekeeper. Here’s her exchange with Betty during a Twitter-based Tea Party:

Carla: This uniform makes me feel uncomfortable. But I can’t show it; must maintain my “quiet dignity” for the party.

Betty: And be sure and put out Cointreau for White Ladies.

Carla: Oh, won’t all of your guests be white ladies at the party?

Betty: You are such a character! Gin + Cointreau + Lemon + Powdered Sugar = White Lady. Don’t forget to iron your apron!

Carla: We could offer Black Ladies as well. Brandy + Grand Marnier + Kahlua. Paul Kinsey told me he likes Black Ladies.

Carla: And at least, I get to keep my own clothes clean if Betty and her friends spit up the White Ladies on the black lady.

Betty: And change the record on the hifi to Bing Crosby, would you?

Clara: Putting on Bing Crosby record, wishing I’d brought my Louie Armstrong “Christmas Night in Harlem” record to play.
posted by magstheaxe at 11:03 AM on September 3 [2 favorites]

I recommend HelloBigFoot.
posted by sephira at 11:05 AM on September 3

Tedd Leo (a typo one day turned into a fake account the next)
posted by Gortuk at 11:17 AM on September 3

Historical Tweets

This guy was formerly Christopher Walken on Twitter.
posted by blue_beetle at 11:18 AM on September 3 [1 favorite]

shit my dad says

also

the mime
posted by freq at 11:22 AM on September 3

Heh. Samuel Johnson's twitter leads to RealBoswell and Laurence Sterne (which in turn leads to a bunch of fake Tristam Shandy accounts).
posted by foxy_hedgehog at 11:32 AM on September 3

Oops, RealBoswell.
posted by foxy_hedgehog at 11:33 AM on September 3

The question arose, here's the answer: Fake Twitter Accounts, as I understand them, are writing as someone else, a known figure. Fake Steve Jobs is the best example.
posted by lipsum at 11:38 AM on September 3

Stevie Wonder [google cache] was my favourite before Twitter yanked it.
posted by Adam_S at 11:45 AM on September 3 [1 favorite]

Aretha's Inauguration Hat.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 11:46 AM on September 3 [1 favorite]

@warhol_diaries
posted by comiddle at 12:00 PM on September 3

@nickcave is pretty clever.
posted by bewilderbeast at 12:11 PM on September 3

All the madmen characters are on there. I got a (twisted) private message from Glen Bishop once.

So were all the characters from The Stand, whom I followed until they bored me.


also see

@samuelpepys
posted by CunningLinguist at 12:20 PM on September 3

seconding cobracommander, it's the only thing my non-twittering friends read on twitter
posted by exhilaration at 12:27 PM on September 3 [1 favorite]

@jennyholzer's a good one.
posted by clavicle at 12:57 PM on September 3

Why don't you follow Fake Diana Vreeland?

(the author of the fake DV tweets is Erin McKean. )
posted by vespabelle at 1:02 PM on September 3

Jonah Hill said on Letterman awhile back that a kid in Alaska was tweeting as him and got in a feud with Jon Favreau (I think).
posted by betsybetsy at 2:55 PM on September 3

Nick Griffin, Leader of British nationalist horrormongers the BNP and all-round bad egg, has been ably served with the excellent Real Nick Griffin
posted by Cantdosleepy at 3:57 PM on September 3

Are you a fan of Arrested Development (TV show, not the boy band)?

Dr Tobias Funke's posts are filled with excellent double entendres
posted by trialex at 4:51 PM on September 3

If you're into sports, there's a fake account for LA Lakers player Ron Artest (@ThugRaider37) and it's pretty funny sometimes.
posted by CwgrlUp at 5:02 PM on September 3

John Kreese, the evil leader of rival dojo Cobra Kai from the Karate Kid.

Tedd Leo, a very funny fake account that regularly interacts with the real Ted Leo of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists fame.
posted by unsupervised at 10:36 PM on September 3

Fake Stephen Conroy, the Australian Minister for Intertubes.

(For context: Real Stephen Conroy; Real Fake Stephen Conroy.)
posted by The Shiny Thing at 3:07 AM on September 4

Taking a train down to Austria & gazing out the window sullenly. This means nothing to me. This means nothing to me. Oh, Deanna...

Bewilderbeast, for showing me this, I love you forever.

Also: I like @mrsstephenfry
posted by permafrost at 3:54 AM on September 4

If you're a fan of Questionable Content, you may figure out that each of the main characters has their own twitter feed (plus a few more). The author of the comic maintains all of them.
posted by phredgreen at 10:27 PM on September 4

ah foo. I missed the remarks upthread. ah well, I like my links better. :)
posted by phredgreen at 10:32 PM on September 4