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05-31-2018, 02:30 AM
NBA exec reportedly operated five secret Twitter accounts to criticize players and staff
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Anonymity on Twitter is sacred (https://www.recode.net/2017/4/10/15244754/twitter-lawsuit-government-anonymous-users), and here's a delightful reason why it still rocks.
On Tuesday, The Ringer published (https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/5/29/17406750/bryan-colangelo-philadelphia-76ers-twitter-joel-embiid-anonymous-markelle-fultz) an in-depth investigation into five outspoken, basketball-focused Twitter accounts, laying out the considerable evidence that Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo was actually the one secretly operating them all.*
SEE ALSO: Jack Dorsey's verifications-for-all plan is bad news for Twitter (https://mashable.com/2018/03/12/twitter-verifications-for-all/)
A deep-dive into the accounts' activity showed that Colangelo was allegedly using these anonymous accounts as a way to vent about his players and coaching staff, and defend (and even leak) his own strategy and choices.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/30/bryan-colangelo-secret-twitter-accounts-the-ringer-76ers/)
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Anonymity on Twitter is sacred (https://www.recode.net/2017/4/10/15244754/twitter-lawsuit-government-anonymous-users), and here's a delightful reason why it still rocks.
On Tuesday, The Ringer published (https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/5/29/17406750/bryan-colangelo-philadelphia-76ers-twitter-joel-embiid-anonymous-markelle-fultz) an in-depth investigation into five outspoken, basketball-focused Twitter accounts, laying out the considerable evidence that Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo was actually the one secretly operating them all.*
SEE ALSO: Jack Dorsey's verifications-for-all plan is bad news for Twitter (https://mashable.com/2018/03/12/twitter-verifications-for-all/)
A deep-dive into the accounts' activity showed that Colangelo was allegedly using these anonymous accounts as a way to vent about his players and coaching staff, and defend (and even leak) his own strategy and choices.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/30/bryan-colangelo-secret-twitter-accounts-the-ringer-76ers/)
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