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'You're an amazing father, Elon': Musk accused of running burner on X again—and nuking account who outed him (www.dailydot.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's like a burner phone, you use it for a short time, then throw it away. Like throwaway accounts on reddit. A sockpuppet is specifically to make it look like multiple people have a certain opinion (see also: astroturfing).

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

So in the case of the article in question, then, this absolutely refers to a "sockpuppet" and not a "burner" because Adrian Dittmann isn't going anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Don’t inject logic into the mental gymnasts all wanting to call it a burner anyway. It’s a lost battle. You’re absolutely right, though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Elon more like Stock burner eh? Eh?

I like bad jokes