This has been a weird week for Twitter.
Twitter users discovered the social media platform has apparently been giving Twitter blue subscriptions and the associated blue checkmarks to the accounts of dead celebrities—but it doesn't end there.
Twitter users also discovered what appears to be Elon Musk's burner Twitter account featuring his son's photo as the profile picture.
The account was visible in a screenshot from Musk's tweeted explanation of how content creators can monetize Twitter by enabling subscriptions.
\u201cContent creators may wish to enable subscriptions on this platform. \n\nJust tap on Monetization in settings.\u201d— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1682370579
In the screenshot, you can see a small profile picture for the second account Musk is logged into—clicking on it allows a user to quickly switch between active accounts.
A particularly sleuthy user tracked down the account with that profile picture.
It appears to be a burner/test account called "Elon Test" with the username @ErmnMusk.
\u201comg I found his burner\u201d— Hurt CoPain (@Hurt CoPain) 1682372731
The account's tweets and replies are quite bizarre.
\u201che\u2019s so strange ??\u201d— Hurt CoPain (@Hurt CoPain) 1682372731
\u201cCrypto is confusing\u201d— Elon Test (@Elon Test) 1668320506
\u201c@SaeedDiCaprio @JUNlPER it\u2019s him\u201d— Hurt CoPain (@Hurt CoPain) 1682372731
\u201c@SaeedDiCaprio Dear god, it really is him\u201d— Hurt CoPain (@Hurt CoPain) 1682372731
A recent tweet from the account and the fact the profile picture is of one of Musk's children led some users to think Musk may have intended the account to be for his child.
\u201cI will finally turn 3 on May 4th!\u201d— Elon Test (@Elon Test) 1682372643
Musk's son X Æ A-12 will be 3 years old on May 4, so the idea isn't completely implausible.
That would make some of the bizarre and sometimes sexual things tweeted from the account, which we won't share here, even more odd and inappropriate.
Nobody can know definitively what Musk's intentions were unless he chooses to tell them, though.
