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Twitter Mystery Solved, Maybe
Solved: the mystery of DEBBY BUCHANAN a.k.a. "DangerousDeb" a.k.a. "DeadlyDeb" a.k.a. DEBBY HALL of Las Vegas. It was a twisted trail that lead to unraveling and discovering the apparent identity of the person who invited me to join Twitter about a year ago. I'm still unsure of the degree of our connection (probably 6th Black Belt or some other tortured combination of metaphors).
When I first began with Twitter's then malfunky website, I suspected that the "Debby Buchanan" account was a bogus marketing ploy. Send a 'bot out to scout the 'net for mentions of Twitter with some key words like "help," "join" or "questions;" note the author; and pump out this bogus invite with the tantalizing tease that someone wants to follow you. Sounds like something Biz would come up with and Ev could certainly whip up the necessary program with both hands tied behind his back.
At this stage of investigation, I thought I had the perfect April Fool's Day blog post title: "Twitter Dirty Tricks Uncovered" or possibly "Debby Buchanan Exposed". One morning I caught a lucky break and typed the wrong handle into a functioning people search I finally found on Twitter. It displayed an account with a link to a website with a link to a LinkedIn identity that...well, eventually they all converged on a "Debby" with a different last name. Go figure.
See what I mean about leaving a trail through the Internet and not posting anything you would not want someone to discover some day? About practicing consistency within your online identities? I haven't found (by quick search) a link between the disparate last names. Maybe there isn't one, and my face will soon be real red.
When I first began with Twitter's then malfunky website, I suspected that the "Debby Buchanan" account was a bogus marketing ploy. Send a 'bot out to scout the 'net for mentions of Twitter with some key words like "help," "join" or "questions;" note the author; and pump out this bogus invite with the tantalizing tease that someone wants to follow you. Sounds like something Biz would come up with and Ev could certainly whip up the necessary program with both hands tied behind his back.
At this stage of investigation, I thought I had the perfect April Fool's Day blog post title: "Twitter Dirty Tricks Uncovered" or possibly "Debby Buchanan Exposed". One morning I caught a lucky break and typed the wrong handle into a functioning people search I finally found on Twitter. It displayed an account with a link to a website with a link to a LinkedIn identity that...well, eventually they all converged on a "Debby" with a different last name. Go figure.
See what I mean about leaving a trail through the Internet and not posting anything you would not want someone to discover some day? About practicing consistency within your online identities? I haven't found (by quick search) a link between the disparate last names. Maybe there isn't one, and my face will soon be real red.
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