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		<title>By: Citofonare al Direttore &#124; Il Giornalaio</title>
		<link>http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/10/16/how-to-spot-a-hoax-twitter-account-a-case-study/#comment-274032</link>
		<dc:creator>Citofonare al Direttore &#124; Il Giornalaio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] fronte, anche se sono fondamentalmente suggerimenti legati al buon senso, vale la pena di leggere i 6 punti su come scoprire un falso su Twitter e le considerazioni di oggi di Augusto [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] fronte, anche se sono fondamentalmente suggerimenti legati al buon senso, vale la pena di leggere i 6 punti su come scoprire un falso su Twitter e le considerazioni di oggi di Augusto [...]</p>
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		<title>By: How to Spot a Hoax Twitter Account &#171; Nick Boulanger</title>
		<link>http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/10/16/how-to-spot-a-hoax-twitter-account-a-case-study/#comment-13388</link>
		<dc:creator>How to Spot a Hoax Twitter Account &#171; Nick Boulanger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Weekend reading: Five great blog posts I&#8217;ve read this week &#171; David Higgerson</title>
		<link>http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/10/16/how-to-spot-a-hoax-twitter-account-a-case-study/#comment-13379</link>
		<dc:creator>Weekend reading: Five great blog posts I&#8217;ve read this week &#171; David Higgerson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Spotting a fake Twitter Account [...] </description>
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		<title>By: gtucker</title>
		<link>http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/10/16/how-to-spot-a-hoax-twitter-account-a-case-study/#comment-13378</link>
		<dc:creator>gtucker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>who would want to follow the old trout anyway real or fake ? I mean look at her http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2008/04/30/JanMoir460.jpg</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>who would want to follow the old trout anyway real or fake ? I mean look at her <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2008/04/30/JanMoir460.jpg" rel="nofollow" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2008/04/30/JanMoir460.jpg?referer=');">http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2008/04/30/JanMoir460.jpg</a></p>
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		<title>By: links for 2009-10-19 &#171; News, Software and All you need</title>
		<link>http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/10/16/how-to-spot-a-hoax-twitter-account-a-case-study/#comment-13377</link>
		<dc:creator>links for 2009-10-19 &#171; News, Software and All you need</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] How to spot a hoax Twitter account – a case study &#124; Online Journalism Blog &quot;If you were following the Jan Moir-Stephen Gateley story that was all over Twitter today you may have come across a Twitter account claiming to be Jan Moir herself – @janmoir_uk. It wasn’t her – but it was a convincing attempt, and I thought it might be worth picking out how I and other Twitter users tried to work out the account’s legitimacy.&quot; (tags: dailymail twitter janmoir paulbradshaw onlinejournalismblog) [...] </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] How to spot a hoax Twitter account – a case study | Online Journalism Blog &quot;If you were following the Jan Moir-Stephen Gateley story that was all over Twitter today you may have come across a Twitter account claiming to be Jan Moir herself – @janmoir_uk. It wasn’t her – but it was a convincing attempt, and I thought it might be worth picking out how I and other Twitter users tried to work out the account’s legitimacy.&quot; (tags: dailymail twitter janmoir paulbradshaw onlinejournalismblog) [...] </p>
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		<title>By: Anton Vowl</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anton Vowl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think I twigged when &#039;Jan Moir&#039; followed me. Couldn&#039;t see it somehow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I twigged when &#8216;Jan Moir&#8217; followed me. Couldn&#8217;t see it somehow.</p>
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		<title>By: Fake Twitter Accounts: A Case Study &#124; Twitter Marketing &#124; Twitter Tools</title>
		<link>http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/10/16/how-to-spot-a-hoax-twitter-account-a-case-study/#comment-13375</link>
		<dc:creator>Fake Twitter Accounts: A Case Study &#124; Twitter Marketing &#124; Twitter Tools</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] can click on Fake Twitter Accounts: A Case Study to read the full [...] </description>
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		<title>By: Murray Dick</title>
		<link>http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/10/16/how-to-spot-a-hoax-twitter-account-a-case-study/#comment-13374</link>
		<dc:creator>Murray Dick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A couple of weeks ago I started using a Firefox plugin which can help shed light on the authenticity of an online profile, albeit it might not help with this specific case.

Identify is an addon which lets you see what other social network profiles a particular user has set up (including profiles on Twitter, Blogger, LinkedIn, LastFM, Technorati and many other accounts).  While this in itself won&#039;t *prove* whether or not someone is authentic, it might show up anomalies in other social network accounts.

I don&#039;t know specifically what parameters it uses to establish where else you have a profile (though I suspect its more than just spotting your username in different platforms).

In principle, this should work well if you are trying to track people who are online-savvy, though of course for anyone whose not very active online, it won&#039;t be so helpful.

One other thing - if a user makes public their geolocation, that should be an invitation into finding out the extent to which they are who they say they are. Though again, this method&#039;s limited to those who opt in.

Identify addon:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11570/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A couple of weeks ago I started using a Firefox plugin which can help shed light on the authenticity of an online profile, albeit it might not help with this specific case.</p>
<p>Identify is an addon which lets you see what other social network profiles a particular user has set up (including profiles on Twitter, Blogger, LinkedIn, LastFM, Technorati and many other accounts).  While this in itself won&#8217;t *prove* whether or not someone is authentic, it might show up anomalies in other social network accounts.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know specifically what parameters it uses to establish where else you have a profile (though I suspect its more than just spotting your username in different platforms).</p>
<p>In principle, this should work well if you are trying to track people who are online-savvy, though of course for anyone whose not very active online, it won&#8217;t be so helpful.</p>
<p>One other thing &#8211; if a user makes public their geolocation, that should be an invitation into finding out the extent to which they are who they say they are. Though again, this method&#8217;s limited to those who opt in.</p>
<p>Identify addon:<br />
<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11570/" rel="nofollow" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11570/?referer=');">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11570/</a></p>
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		<title>By: How to Spot a Hoax Twitter Account – A Case Study &#171; ResourceShelf</title>
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		<dc:creator>How to Spot a Hoax Twitter Account – A Case Study &#171; ResourceShelf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] How to spot a hoax Twitter account – a case study  If you were following the Jan Moir-Stephen Gateley story that was all over Twitter today you may have come across a Twitter account claiming to be Jan Moir herself – @janmoir_uk. It wasn’t her – but it was a convincing attempt, and I thought it might be worth picking out how I and other Twitter users tried to work out the account’s legitimacy. [...] </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] How to spot a hoax Twitter account – a case study  If you were following the Jan Moir-Stephen Gateley story that was all over Twitter today you may have come across a Twitter account claiming to be Jan Moir herself – @janmoir_uk. It wasn’t her – but it was a convincing attempt, and I thought it might be worth picking out how I and other Twitter users tried to work out the account’s legitimacy. [...] </p>
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		<title>By: Rachael</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I had to laugh at the last line of this about Jan Moir having a gay son, her and Dannii Minogue can go for a wine and share outting stories...
@janmoir is also a fake, although, quite clearly a spoof!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had to laugh at the last line of this about Jan Moir having a gay son, her and Dannii Minogue can go for a wine and share outting stories&#8230;<br />
@janmoir is also a fake, although, quite clearly a spoof!</p>
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