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Elon Musk's Twitter Alt Account "Adrian Dittmann" Was Unmasked

27 points by DigitalHackOp 2y ago

theGeatZhopa 2y ago
Why so serious?
moogly 2y ago
Oh, now the "father of the year" award Twitter replies suddenly make total sense.
riffraff 2y ago
I have no idea what I just read, this seems somewhat unhinged. Why is the Adrian dittman persona of interest?
- minimaxir 2y ago
  Elon Musk is a person with both tech influence and now political influence. His alt accounts have influence as well and are therefore relevant.
  - riffraff 2y ago
    But why this one? How do you pick a random Twitter account to check if it's Elon's sock puppet? Surely there must have been a reason to specifically check this one?
    - oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
      It's extremely sycophantic, even for a Musk stan. Its voice and speech mannerisms are uncannily similar.
    - minimaxir 2y ago
      It's not random, that particular account has been suspected of being an Elon alt for years for the same suspicious reasons. https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-voice-clone-ai-x-b2384893.html https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-voice-clone-ai-...
- verdverm 2y ago
  Because it is the alleged alt account for Elon. There have been a number of instances of late where politicians and other notable public figures have been caught having their primary and alts interact as if they are different people. Many see the practice as deceptive
  - delichon 2y ago
    I'm not famous or rich but I use psuedomous accounts, like this one, for what I consider to be good reasons. It is a kind of deception to try to maintain my privacy ... and I have no problem with that. It would be interesting to find an alt Elon account but only as scandalous as the worst thing he said with it.
    - verdverm 2y ago
      It's more that he (and other prominent public figures) use their alt accounts to interact with their primary account, as if they are different people. This is what people find deceptive
- 486sx33 2y ago
  I’d say very unhinged.
- Terr_ 2y ago
  Yeah, I have never been a fan of Elon Musk, but this thing is is setting off some red flags of weird untrustworthiness. For example, the promise that "friends at the NSA" will be providing some future unspecified form of evidence. It gives me nostalgic "I asked my uncle who works at Nintendo" vibes.
- toomuchtodo 2y ago
  https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-biographer-seth-abramson-details-why-he-thinks-billionaire-is-going-mad/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-biographer-seth-abra... https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/1876343355665494253 https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/1876343355665494253 https://archive.today/CZN5I https://archive.today/CZN5I
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27 points by DigitalHackOp 2y ago

theGeatZhopa 2y ago

Why so serious?

moogly 2y ago

Oh, now the "father of the year" award Twitter replies suddenly make total sense.

riffraff 2y ago

I have no idea what I just read, this seems somewhat unhinged. Why is the Adrian dittman persona of interest?

minimaxir 2y ago
Elon Musk is a person with both tech influence and now political influence. His alt accounts have influence as well and are therefore relevant.
- riffraff 2y ago
  But why this one? How do you pick a random Twitter account to check if it's Elon's sock puppet? Surely there must have been a reason to specifically check this one?
  - oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
    It's extremely sycophantic, even for a Musk stan. Its voice and speech mannerisms are uncannily similar.
  - minimaxir 2y ago
    It's not random, that particular account has been suspected of being an Elon alt for years for the same suspicious reasons. https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-voice-clone-ai-x-b2384893.html https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-voice-clone-ai-...
verdverm 2y ago
Because it is the alleged alt account for Elon. There have been a number of instances of late where politicians and other notable public figures have been caught having their primary and alts interact as if they are different people. Many see the practice as deceptive
- delichon 2y ago
  I'm not famous or rich but I use psuedomous accounts, like this one, for what I consider to be good reasons. It is a kind of deception to try to maintain my privacy ... and I have no problem with that. It would be interesting to find an alt Elon account but only as scandalous as the worst thing he said with it.
  - verdverm 2y ago
    It's more that he (and other prominent public figures) use their alt accounts to interact with their primary account, as if they are different people. This is what people find deceptive
486sx33 2y ago
I’d say very unhinged.
Terr_ 2y ago
Yeah, I have never been a fan of Elon Musk, but this thing is is setting off some red flags of weird untrustworthiness. For example, the promise that "friends at the NSA" will be providing some future unspecified form of evidence. It gives me nostalgic "I asked my uncle who works at Nintendo" vibes.
toomuchtodo 2y ago
https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-biographer-seth-abramson-details-why-he-thinks-billionaire-is-going-mad/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-biographer-seth-abra... https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/1876343355665494253 https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/1876343355665494253 https://archive.today/CZN5I https://archive.today/CZN5I

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