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Oh boy he real mad now. Amazing that simply changing a name and picture is considered impersonation.

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CleverLime 4y ago
It was annoying, anyone, especially verified could change picture and name to someone else and write some bullshit. Most of people wouldn't notice the handle, only the name and picture, and that's how fake news might spread. Lately there were a lot of verified profiles that changed their profile pic and name to Elon Musk and were trolling.
- thisiswater 4y ago
  Surely context would show that these are parodies, not impersonations. Are these people trying to impersonate Elon Musk, or are they parodying Elon Musk on their clearly-marked "not elon musk" (due to the handle) accounts? I'm inclined towards the latter.
- insanitybit 4y ago
  This has always been the case and it has always been fine.
silisili 4y ago
Um, yeah... because those are prominent. The ID is smaller. Don't be verified and pretend to be someone else. Or just don't pretend to be someone else regardless. Seems pretty straightforward...
- socialismisok 4y ago
  Wait till you learn about parody. Saturday Night Live is going to be a real mind blower for you.
  - silisili 4y ago
    Wait til you learn one is a parody TV show. The other is a social network of real people backed up by the US government.
    - socialismisok 4y ago
      Wait, the US government is involved in Twitter? Please, go on!
      - silisili 4y ago
        Apologies if it was unclear, I was trying to think of better words than 'backed up by' as it is similar to 'backed by.' I was referring to the fact that the US Library of Congress has archived every tweet since 2006.
        alphabettsy 4y ago
        > I was referring to the fact that the US Library of Congress has archived every tweet since 2006. What difference does this make?
  - randomdata 4y ago
    SNL is careful to not straight up copy the person they are parodying. They leave a lot of room to make it abundantly obvious that it is someone else performing parody. Maybe someday they'll leverage deep fakes to achieve something that is indistinguishable from the real person if you miss the minor details, at which point there will no doubt be calls to end what they are doing, but until that day comes...
    - socialismisok 4y ago
      So, just like Twitter where every post is clearly labeled with the @id of the poster?
      - 4y ago
theonething 4y ago
> Amazing that simply changing a name and picture is considered impersonation. This was Twitter's policy long before Musk got involved. https://web.archive.org/web/20220108193314/https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/parody-account-policy https://web.archive.org/web/20220108193314/https://help.twit...

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It was annoying, anyone, especially verified could change picture and name to someone else and write some bullshit. Most of people wouldn't notice the handle, only the name and picture, and that's how fake news might spread. Lately there were a lot of verified profiles that changed their profile pic and name to Elon Musk and were trolling.

thisiswater 4y ago
Surely context would show that these are parodies, not impersonations. Are these people trying to impersonate Elon Musk, or are they parodying Elon Musk on their clearly-marked "not elon musk" (due to the handle) accounts? I'm inclined towards the latter.
insanitybit 4y ago
This has always been the case and it has always been fine.

silisili 4y ago

Um, yeah... because those are prominent. The ID is smaller. Don't be verified and pretend to be someone else. Or just don't pretend to be someone else regardless. Seems pretty straightforward...

socialismisok 4y ago
Wait till you learn about parody. Saturday Night Live is going to be a real mind blower for you.
- silisili 4y ago
  Wait til you learn one is a parody TV show. The other is a social network of real people backed up by the US government.
  - socialismisok 4y ago
    Wait, the US government is involved in Twitter? Please, go on!
    - silisili 4y ago
      Apologies if it was unclear, I was trying to think of better words than 'backed up by' as it is similar to 'backed by.' I was referring to the fact that the US Library of Congress has archived every tweet since 2006.
      - alphabettsy 4y ago
        > I was referring to the fact that the US Library of Congress has archived every tweet since 2006. What difference does this make?
- randomdata 4y ago
  SNL is careful to not straight up copy the person they are parodying. They leave a lot of room to make it abundantly obvious that it is someone else performing parody. Maybe someday they'll leverage deep fakes to achieve something that is indistinguishable from the real person if you miss the minor details, at which point there will no doubt be calls to end what they are doing, but until that day comes...
  - socialismisok 4y ago
    So, just like Twitter where every post is clearly labeled with the @id of the poster?
    - 4y ago

theonething 4y ago

> Amazing that simply changing a name and picture is considered impersonation. This was Twitter's policy long before Musk got involved. https://web.archive.org/web/20220108193314/https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/parody-account-policy https://web.archive.org/web/20220108193314/https://help.twit...