NOTE: I haven't clicked on any of the links on the FAKE Tony Noland account, and neither should you. There's viruses out there, people. Click image to enlarge and view the details in a safe, supportive environment - i.e., right here.
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| This account is a FAKE - don't follow him! Accept no substitutes! |
Aside from reporting this account as spam (which I've done), any thoughts or advice to offer? This is a first for me, so I'm not sure how freaked out I should be. Does this happen a lot?
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why...why...WHY?????
ReplyDeleteSeriously folks, I just don't understand...
ReplyDeleteWhy I posted this? Or why someone would do this?
ReplyDeleteHow do you know he's not the real Tony Noland and you're the pod-person?
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the big time, Tony. Maybe someday you'll need to be *gasp* Verified!
ReplyDeleteYes, Danielle, that is my question. How do we know YOU are the real Tony and not some two bit imposter? Maybe we should come up with some secret password that only the real Tony would know.
ReplyDeleteI guess that's the price you pay for being a fun and witty tweeter.
@Danielle: How do you know he's not the real Tony Noland and you're the pod-person? White-footed Tony Nolands always tell the truth.
ReplyDelete@JW: Alas, Twitter doesn't allow people to ask for verified accounts anymore. Violence is my only recourse. Still, it's nice to be in the big time, so thanks!
@Laurita: Maybe we should come up with some secret password that only the real Tony would know. SYZYGY!
Wow! you are now SO famous that people are impersonating you. Congrats.
ReplyDeleteA real sign of internet success...a like Goblin I really don't get why someone would bother doing this for even the Gaimans and Obamas of the world.
ReplyDeleteSounds scary to me. ID theft next?
ReplyDeleteWho do you report it to--Twitter? Wow. You have a good attitude about it. I'd be ballistic. All we've got as writers is our brand.
ReplyDelete@Julie: Wow! you are now SO famous that people are impersonating you. Congrats. Thanks! It's a very strange form of complement.
ReplyDelete@Dan: I can only think that someone ran a bot program, skimmed off twitter accounts with Klout scores above a certain threshold and spoofed them. Distasteful.
@Elizabeth: I sure hope not!
@Jacqui: I flagged it as a bad account and complained to Twitter. I might be able to find the humor in it, but I do take this kind of thing seriously. I completely agree with you about our name being our brand.
This is the price you pay for being popular, Tony, some nasty little bot has found your account, run a series of criteria tests and created a copy.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see Twitter suspended it quickly. I wouldn't worry too much, it wasn't anything sinister at least. Just someone trying to cash in.