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The New Yorker: "There Are Lots of Offbeat Accounts on Twitter"
Max Read · 02/03/14 12:06PMThe Man Behind the Web's Weirdest Hoax: "I'm Sorry" for Lying
Max Read · 09/28/13 09:30AMJake Bakkila, the artist who revealed himself as the real human behind the widely-beloved "spam" account @Horse_ebooks earlier this week, only to be confronted with accusations that he had manipulated and misled a journalist—to the point of "gaslighting"—who had uncovered a component of his project, says that "[t]he blame is 100% mine, I was wrong, and I'm sorry."
Did the Guy Behind the Web's Favorite Twitter Gaslight a Journalist?
Max Read · 09/26/13 05:20PMAs though the saga of the internet's weirdest hoax wasn't weird enough already: A journalist nows claims she found out the art-pranksters behind YouTube series Pronunciation Book and the fake Twitter spambot Horse_ebooks—only to be lied to, manipulated, and "gaslit" for months by the two men and a circle of mutual friends.
A Mysterious, Inscrutable Voice of God: Why @Horse_ebooks Is Divine
Ken Layne · 09/24/13 03:52PMWe are a religious nation, even though that religious belief is rapidly fading and notoriously shallow. What we hunger for is real communion with the sacred, the unexpected voice of a mysterious god that occasionally speaks directly to our consciousness, as the old gods spoke to Moses and Mohammad or Achilles and Odysseus. This is why 200,000 people followed Horse_ebooks on Twitter. Horse_ebooks was our inscrutable god speaking in riddles.
Horse_Ebooks Has Been a Buzzfeed Employee Since 2011
Max Read · 09/24/13 09:39AMSince 2011, the semi-legendary spam Twitter feed "@Horse_ebooks" has been under control of Jacob Bakkila, a Buzzfeed creative strategist who used to tweet under the handle "@agentlebrees."
It Finally Happened: HS Senior Uses Horse_ebooks Quote in Yearbook
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/30/13 11:57AMThe Man Behind Horse_Ebooks Finally Acknowledges His Creation
Adrian Chen · 05/14/12 10:54AMWhen I tracked down Alexey Kuznetsov, the reclusive Russian web designer behind the cult favorite Twitter spambot Horse_ebooks, he wouldn't comment on his strange creation, refusing even to speak to me for the article in February. But now he's finally laid claim to Horse_ebooks, in a roundabout way.
How I Found the Human Being Behind Horse_ebooks, The Internet's Favorite Spambot
Adrian Chen · 02/23/12 04:15PMHorse_ebooks became a bona fide internet celebrity when organizers of ROFLCON, the premier conference on internet pop culture, asked in January: "Anyone know how we might be able to get in touch with @horse_ebooks?" Horse_ebooks has 40,000 Twitter followers and a wildly passionate fanbase, but you're unlikely to see public appearances any time soon. Because Horse_ebooks is a robot.