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Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do... by HWR_14 on Friday April 07, 2023 @01:48AM (#35478484)
> You need to be a Tim Sweeney

No, you need to find a Tim Sweeney who is willing to help you out. If there's money involved, it's pretty doable. You can get the real influencers to tweet about your product for a not-insane sum. I imagine the cheapest person who shares a famous name isn't that expensive.

Meanwhile, you don't have to get away with it for long. Not that it it seems there is anything to "get away with". Does it violate any rules for a non-Epic CEO Tim Sweeney to talk about how much he hates NVIDIA's new cards?

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Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do... by kcplate on Friday April 07, 2023 @06:08PM (#35487642)
You just added more statistical complexity to the scenario, so not only do you need to be willing to take on all that risk and effort to impersonate another person, but you also need to recruit someone with the same name who is willing to undertake the scheme with you?
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