X owner Elon Musk is facing renewed allegations that he is also the person behind Elon Musk-adoring fan Adrian Dittman. The claim came to prominence after screenshots posted by Dittman to 4chan (because of course it was 4chan) seemingly revealed that he has access to administrator privileges on X, although the authenticity of the image has been disputed by a source within X.
The image was posted by Dittman as part of a rambling defense of Musk's stewardship of X, his ability to appropriately self-medicate, and perhaps most famously, that «Elon is a father who gets lots of sex.» The messages have since been deleted but are preserved for posterity (and, I must say, irony) in various posts on X.
The other posts Elon made in this /pol/ thread before being exposed and deleting everything are really a sight to behold: https://t.co/XwlMBowxz1 pic.twitter.com/Fl1bca9uCNJanuary 3, 2025 (There's also a 4chan archive if you want to go deep on the whole thing, but do note that it's awash in racism, homophobia, and transphobia—it's 4chan, after all—and adjust your expectations accordingly.) What really got attention, though, is a shot of the X interface posted by Dittman that seemingly revealed he has access to admin privileges on the platform.
The image of his interface includes links to account switching, the admin portal, and bans—options not available to regular X users.
Adrian Dittmann posted on 4chan and accidentally revealed that he has admin privileges on twitter lol pic.twitter.com/ikbu1ZkopWJanuary 2, 2025 That in itself is very odd indeed, but it carries extra weight because it comes on top of earlier allegations that Musk and Dittman are one and the same: A July 2023 report by The Independent, for instance, said that Dittman's «voice and laugh sounds remarkably similar to Mr Musk's,» a point others on X have noted independently.