Bummer when your Twitter ghostwriter goes nuts
September 23, 2011 12:42 PM Subscribe
A tweet yesterday on the Twitter account @markdavidson read, "Well yesterday, @markdavidson fired 1 of his 3 ghostwriters of the last 4 years and forgot to change his Twitter password." There followed several more negative posts about Mr. Davidson, whose Twitter account (at last count) has over 56,000 followers.
Then, a few minutes ago, the account linked to ismarkdavidsonreal.com, which asks if the putative owner of the account is a real person at all.
Yes, it smells like a viral-marketing hoax, but if it's a hoax, it's a strange way to promote oneself - by pretending to have hired ghostwriters for a Twitter account.
Then, a few minutes ago, the account linked to ismarkdavidsonreal.com, which asks if the putative owner of the account is a real person at all.
Yes, it smells like a viral-marketing hoax, but if it's a hoax, it's a strange way to promote oneself - by pretending to have hired ghostwriters for a Twitter account.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is kind of a story without a story at this point. If at some point it becomes substantially more interesting for some reason than "someone gets up to antics with no backstory", it might make sense as a post then. -- cortex
Who is Mark Davidson and why is this important?
posted by tommasz at 12:45 PM on September 23, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by tommasz at 12:45 PM on September 23, 2011 [1 favorite]
Who the fuck Mark Davidson? Really. No clue. Reading a few of those posts doesn't help--even the pre-fired ones.
posted by dobbs at 12:45 PM on September 23, 2011
posted by dobbs at 12:45 PM on September 23, 2011
Apparently Mark Davidson is an "Internet sales & marketing professional."
posted by mr_roboto at 12:46 PM on September 23, 2011
posted by mr_roboto at 12:46 PM on September 23, 2011
Who the fuck Mark Davidson?
JT Leroy.
posted by griphus at 12:46 PM on September 23, 2011 [1 favorite]
JT Leroy.
posted by griphus at 12:46 PM on September 23, 2011 [1 favorite]
Also, there are many thousands of fake twitter accounts, so who the fuck cares?
posted by clockzero at 12:46 PM on September 23, 2011
posted by clockzero at 12:46 PM on September 23, 2011
"Ceci n'est pas une Mark Davidson."
posted by pwally at 12:47 PM on September 23, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by pwally at 12:47 PM on September 23, 2011 [3 favorites]
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