Comments on: Is @Dinner_Guest a sick joke or a real murderer on Twitter?

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Dinner_Guest: Viral PR or the Real Thing? | Tekblog — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:07:48 +0000

[...] an avid Techcrunch fan, I was intrigued with Mike Butchers article “Is @Dinner Guest a sick joke or a real murderer on Twitter?” Who is this Dinner_Guest [...]

By: James

James — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:19:11 +0000

This is why we can’t have nice things.

By: Twitter’s serial murder admits his fictional identity « Social Media

Twitter’s serial murder admits his fictional identity « Social Media — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:42:37 +0000

[...] 20, 2009 On November 16, TechCrunch Europe wrote about a user from Brighton, U.K., dinner_guest, that was tweeting very dark and morbid [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:12:51 +0000

The account has the bio: “A fictional character born out of an artists mind. A meme experiment & analysis”

Case closed!

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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:38:55 +0000

[...] Is @Dinner_Guest a sick joke or a real murderer on Twitter? [...]

By: dub

dub — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:33:07 +0000

“This was a really interesting read, and a great use of twitter.”

Which was? The blog post or dinner_guest?

“However, in typical human fashion we’ve gone and messed it up”

Which? The blog post or dinner_guest?

“with a multitude of stupid comments”

Thanks. I can’t even follow yours.

“and now dinner_guest is simply reacting to them”

Well naturally.

rather than “providing us the great fictional insight into the psyche of a killer that he was previously.”

And you would know this because?

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:31:22 +0000

This was a really interesting read, and a great use of twitter.

However, in typical human fashion we’ve gone and messed it up with a multitude of stupid comments, and now dinner_guest is simply reacting to them rather than providing us the great fictional insight into the psyche of a killer that he was previously.

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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:15:39 +0000

[...] Is @Dinner_Guest a sick joke or a real murderer on Twitter? [...]

By: Scott Gould Fan

Scott Gould Fan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:09:17 +0000

Hello Scott

By: dub

dub — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:58:26 +0000

Looks like you’ve pushed his followers to 180 or so.
I think it’s a macabre joke. Wondering how many followers he can get. Or how much publicity. But I’d be surprised if the cops don’t check him out.

By: Why @Dinner_Guest is probably a fake

Why @Dinner_Guest is probably a fake — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:24:45 +0000

[...] what’s happening on the comments on my post yesterday about the @Dinner_Guest Twitter user who is tweeting like he’s a murderer in [...]

By: Twitter ’serial killer’ comes to Brighton « Brighton and Hove News

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:20:31 +0000

[...] profile has already been picked up by Techcrunch, which speculates that it might be the work of a real murderer. But @dinner_guest must be fictional [...]

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:03:59 +0000

FYI I’m not “in on it”, I thought it was interesting, and blogging is what I do. I figure if the authorities are interested then they’ll find out via things like, oh, people reading this and contacting them or maybe reading this, in the same way they read newspapers. I guess.

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:01:28 +0000

I was tipped-off by a source I trust implicitly.

By: Scott Gould

Scott Gould — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:04:16 +0000

Clearly a fake.

1. IP Address – hello???

2. Uses Web, then does Twittelator. Clearly follows ppl. Then asks “How do I follow?” after people had said that he seemed a bit too proficient in Twitter – of course the fact that he already followed people shows this is a setup.

3. He thanks @f0rged for saying how to follow people using the web method, even tho he is using Twitterlator.

4. Uses American Psycho allusions, including the name dinner_guest

5. Speaks using classic ego talk, as if he is Patrick Bateman or Hannibal Lecter or something, unlike actual Serial Killers.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:51:08 +0000

It’s clearly a stunt and Mike’s in on it. Notice his mention of the main stream media finding out. *hint hint*

Hrmm, let’s see… what to do… call the police, or hrmm… I know! I could blog about it instead!! Brilliant!

By: Kerry Gaffney

Kerry Gaffney — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:41:07 +0000

I agree with JRG, it’s either a publicity stunt for book/tv/play/youtube series or a wannabe writer trying out a new format and channel.

Plus, surely any seriel killer worth his salt knows that blocking the drains with his victim’s remnents was just how Dennis Nilsen got caught.

By: A murderer on Twitter? Either one demented person, or a very viral campaign

A murderer on Twitter? Either one demented person, or a very viral campaign — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:44:16 +0000

[...] account I am referring to goes by the name dinner_guest and was first discovered by TechCrunch Europe then followed up by Zee at The Next Web tech blog. The account first shows up on November 10th with [...]

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:28:28 +0000

Ahah, nice one!

Kidding aside, some things maybe should be policed (not censured) in case some extreme stuff appears, right? Bare in mind most of these platforms are open to lots of age groups.

By: BC18

BC18 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:18:49 +0000

I find it amusing that a person named Mike Butcher would post this in the first place.
Makes one wonder.

By: JRH

JRH — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:52:50 +0000

Sounds like a work of fiction to me – first off, whoever it is has figured out the etiquette remarkably quickly (RTing and so forth) – their background and profile pic are purposefully grotesque without being gruesome – and they’re alluding to some macabre but well-known Brighton stuff; the murder victim stored in a lockup and Duke’s Mound (on the beach, a popular hangout for male prostitues).

There are quite a few writers in this town, and at least one famous thriller writer who sets all his stuff here. There are also a *lot* of people on Twitter.

Murderer or book/film/show promo? My money’s on the latter.

By: James

James — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:37:22 +0000

How did you find this Mike? @Dinner_Guest has 25 tweets and only 4 followers… do you just troll Twitter all day looking for gore references?

The tech world must be real slow at the moment…

By: Is there a real murderer on Twitter? Or is this just some twisted soul?

Is there a real murderer on Twitter? Or is this just some twisted soul? — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:35:12 +0000

[...] friends over at Techcrunch Europe have dug up a nasty twitter account this [...]