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It is not really clear which type of "fake" they are - if it is non-Amazon-employees making a parody, or someone at Amazon making a not-really-existing persona:
by brown9-2 6y ago
It is not really clear which type of "fake" they are - if it is non-Amazon-employees making a parody, or someone at Amazon making a not-really-existing persona:
> It is unclear whether the accounts are real employees, bots or trolls pretending to be Amazon Ambassadors.
- amelius 6y agoQuotes are not the appropriate tool to denote uncertainty.
- tomlagier 6y agoWhat is? I see quotes used this way in written communication fairly commonly.
- darkerside 6y agoIt is a way to indicate that you are not asserting the label, somebody else is. So it is actually a very useful way to indicate uncertainty. Amazon has deep pockets, and people don't want to be sued.
- oh_sigh 6y agoAmazon's own spokesperson called them fake. From the article: > “It appears that this is a fake account that violates Twitter’s terms,” the spokesperson said. “We’ve asked Twitter to investigate and take appropriate action.”
- amelius 6y agoI wouldn't call that an expression of uncertainty, though. The fact that it is not clear who made the statement cannot be deduced from the quotes.
- darkerside 6y agoI'm not saying what you appear to think I am saying. The author is making it clear that they are not the one who called the accounts fake. This implies uncertainty because if the accounts were objectively fake, there would be little need to add the quotation marks.
- colejohnson66 6y agoIt’s a common practice in journalism. They’re not using scare quotes, but regular quotes. They’re avoiding asserting themselves that the accounts are fake, and instead, diverting the assertion to the quotee (Amazon in this case).
- jethro_tell 6y agoIt is clear. Some of those were created with gmail addresses and done with the web client instead of sprinklr like the amazon fake accounts. Those all use amazon email accounts and sprinklr. Which obviously a real box packer isn't going to have a sprinklr acct so you know at the very best someone is getting a 15 minute break while a pr rep looks over their shoulder and more likely they all work at the same desk in a corporate office.
- brown9-2 6y agohow do you know what email someone signed up for Twitter with?
- jethro_tell 6y agoYou start the login process with the account that you want to know about, and then click, forgot password and start a password reset. Then twitter gives you a list with a radio button for the reset link. Send txt to: 555 ** *8 Email : na*****@g**.**
- cwkoss 6y agoThe profile pictures have visual artifacts consistent with GAN generation https://twitter.com/erikhinton/status/1376636650420203523 https://twitter.com/erikhinton/status/1376636650420203523