Mock BP Twitter has ten times more followers than real BP Twitter

[Liberal_in_LA]

Oil Spill Protesters Break Into BP's Twitter Feed

Twitter is again being used as a back channel for public protest --but this time the target is BP. A very popular (but fake) BP Twitter account that purports to be the communications arm of BP -- @BPGlobalPR -- now has nearly 71,000 followers, and the phony tweet-stream fires off at least several digs a day at the embattled oil company.

But for a brief time Thursday, hackers elevated the protest by breaking into the real BP Twitter feed (@BP_America), posting at least one tweet referencing the phony one."Terry is now in charge of operation Top Kill, work will recommence after we find a XXL wetsuit. #bpcares #oilspill," the hackers wrote.

According to Fox News and the Christian Science Monitor, BP got wind of the prank several hours after it was posted Thursday and is now back in control of its official feed and message.

But looking at the numbers, the mock feed still has the floor: @BP_America, the real BP site, has 7,200 followers while the phony one is about to break 71,000.

http://www.justmeans.com/Oil-Spill-Protesters-Break-Into-BP-s-Twitter-Feed/16233.html

[cwydro]

1. I love this. nt

[Ken Burch]

2. How can they control the spill if they can't even control their own tweets?

n/t.

[Ruby the Liberal]

3. Mashable reported last week that it was a BP employee with access to the password

not a hacked account.