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Could these be ceoSteveJobs' final tweets?(Credit:Screenshot by CNET)
Twitter has suspended a popular (and fake) Steve Jobs Twitter account.
When people attempt to access @ceoSteveJobs, a message states that the "profile you are trying to view has been suspended." The suspension of @ceoSteveJobs was discovered yesterday by technology blog Geek Smack.
The @ceoSteveJobs Twitter account had more than 460,000 followers. It was updated with comedic comments several times a day, all pretending to come from Apple's CEO.
Prior to its suspension, @ceoSteveJobs was on a long list of Steve Jobs parodies, including Fake Steve Jobs, a satirical blog penned by Dan Lyons. For years, that blog was the subject of much controversy (and delight for those who read it) over the blogger's real identity. Lyons was finally revealed as its author in 2007.
The fake Steve Jobs Twitter account was under the radar until last June when The Daily Mail, one of the most popular newspapers in the U.K., ran a story about the iPhone 4's antenna problems and quoted from the fake account. The story was quickly retracted after the publication discovered that the "Steve Jobs" it was quoting was the parody Twitter account.
Although Twitter didn't provide any explanation for why it suspended @ceoSteveJobs, the person behind the Twitter account reportedly told TechCrunch in January that the social network has requested an end to the "impersonation." Twitter said that it had received a complaint about the account, which prompted the action.
The person behind @ceoSteveJobs expressed a belief at the time that Apple was behind the complaint, though the company never confirmed that. Twitter had requested that changes be made to @ceoSteveJobs within 48 hours or that it would remove the account, TechCrunch had reported.
Two days turned into almost two months, but Twitter seems to have carried through with that threat.
Regardless, Steve Jobs parodies are still alive and well on Twitter. And people who enjoyed the musings of the fake Steve Jobs are saying now that the person behind @ceoSteveJobs has moved to a new account: @iJobsy. That account was started late last night. It already has nearly 600 followers and features the same comedic sensibilities as the former favorite.
The ceoSteveJobs tweet that the Daily Mail thought was real.(Credit:Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)
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