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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If a famous person wants to do an AMA with the literally dozens of us here, I suppose they can register with their name on the top few instances and then it’s up to mods to ban pranksters impersonating them elsewhere?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

There's that person going around impersonating Margot Robbie. At least there was, I haven't seen them in a while.

People seemed to love it, and most seemed to believe it was actually her. When I called them out (because it's really fucking weird), they kind of said it was just in good fun. I'm sure she'd agree 🙄

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes it would perhaps rub her the wrong way…

That user did do a good job of being in character, I thought. They would reference something like “everybody has to see my new hit film…” in a way that was over-the-top enough for to come across as a joke to me.

Perhaps we can both at least give them kudos for providing us an early debate point on the fediverse impersonation conundrum!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

it was definitely meant as a joke, it just wasn't funny. It's like saying those half-assed "characters" in Times Square are funny when in reality they're just a nuisance.