Musk’s hardest troll battle on Twitter is with a Tesla parody account

The account, named Tesla and bearing the deal with @TesIaReal, racked up tens of 1000’s of likes in an eight-hour spree that touched on the carmaker’s security, inventory value and photo voltaic panels.

One of the crucial widespread posts learn: “We can be providing 10 thousand automobiles to assist the Ukrainian navy. Our vehicles are probably the most superior explosive gadgets available on the market,” whereas one other stated: “Everybody’s speaking about Twitter going up in flames however our vehicles did that earlier than it was cool.”

Whereas clearly a parody account — and marked as such after Musk warned the platform would ban these not “clearly recognized” as being so — it however highlights Musk’s downside with model impostors establishing fake-but-verified accounts. On Friday he tweeted: “Going ahead, accounts engaged in parody should embody “parody” of their title, not simply in bio.”

Since providing paying subscribers blue verify marks, Twitter has confronted a number of impersonation issues. One account claiming to be Nintendo Inc. posted a picture of Tremendous Mario holding up a center finger, whereas one other posing as pharma large Eli Lilly & Co. tweeted that insulin was now free — forcing the corporate to problem an apology.

The writing could also be on the wall for rogue posters. In an e-mail to Twitter employees Wednesday, Musk  wrote: “Over the following few days, absolutely the prime precedence is discovering and suspending any verified bots/trolls/spam.”  

The Tesla impostor, no less than, senses the tip is close to (the account has since been suspended). One publish acknowledged: “We journey this til it combusts like a Tesla battery.”