Yesterday, flush in the wilds of our article on the NSA, I received this odd email alert on my App.net @boles account that stopped me for a moment.  The NSA were replying to us concerning the article we published:

“Hum” indeed.

I clicked on the green reply button to find out what was happening, and I was met with this user profile on App.net:

Ha!  It’s all a joke.

Fake Steve Jobs, meet Parody NSA!

I wonder how long that NSA account will survive on App.net before it dies a slow and public death?

6 Comments

  1. Funny and scary at the same time ……………………….. hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm indeed

    1. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
      David W. Boles says:

      Yeah! For a split-second I was stopped. Then the click-though made me think, “This is is a little more lame than funny.”

      I’m sure the account will not last. You can’t use official logos and images of the NSA and expect to stay around very long.

  2. That got me for a second! My first thought was “wow, there’s all the proof we ever need that we’re all being monitored, straight from the NSA itself.”

    If it does end up being removed, that will be a bigger commentary on the issue than anything they joke about in their posts.

    1. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
      David W. Boles says:

      You’re right, Emily! I did think, for a moment, that we were being watched!

      Because of identity theft, and “confusion in the marketplace,” these parody accounts tend not to last very long, so enjoy it while you can! SMILE!

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