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Re:A Conference Stole My Identity by ben336 on Thursday July 24, 2014 @11:48AM (#8080188)
He admitted he was trying to impersonate them on Twitter. Thats the type of move that will get anyone suspended.
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Re:A Conference Stole My Identity by x1798DE on Thursday July 24, 2014 @11:55AM (#8080240)
Doesn't seem to have gotten this popular account suspended:

https://twitter.com/untitledairlane

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Re:A Conference Stole My Identity by jasonlfunk on Thursday July 24, 2014 @12:04PM (#8080314)
There are plenty of parody accounts out there. Impersonating someone is different.
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Re:A Conference Stole My Identity by eli on Thursday July 24, 2014 @01:29PM (#8080932)
Twitter actually has specific rules for parody accounts: https://support.twitter.com/articles/106373-parody-commentar...

Does not seem like he was following them.

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