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by GaryNumanVevo 1315 days ago
Honestly, that's more on Twitter than anyone who is doing the impersonating, whether parody or not. Their design and brand language put the "blue checkmark" front and center as a badge of legitimacy, giving it away for $8 to anyone is just asking for fraud.

Alternatively: this sort of thing will always happen because it has the potentially to be very funny