This Indian techie says "Elon Musk runs my Twitter account"; Tesla chief reacts in hilarious manner
In a hilarious moment, an Indian techie tweeted, “Elon Musk runs my Twitter account”. The Pune-based software developer named Pranay Pathole was responding sarcastically to people who thought his account was a secret or burner account for the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, after his series of tweets defended Musk despite all the controversies. However, things took a funny turn when Musk himself replied to the tweet. Read on to see the full exchange and find out what happened. Also read: From settling a sexual-harassment claim to overbidding on Twitter, Elon Musk’s crazily banal week
On May 22, Pranay Pathole, an admirer of Elon Musk who often writes pro-Musk tweets, said, “Many people think that @elonmusk runs my Twitter account. And it's TRUE. He's a super busy guy, building rockets, making life multiplanetary, building futuristic electric vehicles, digging tunnels. And somehow he finds time to run multiple Twitter accounts. YES”.
Soon after, the Tesla chief appeared on the post and replied, “Haha I don’t even have a burner twitter account! I do have a cheesy secret Instagram account, so I can click on links that friends send me”. The entire exchange has now gone viral. Also read: Elon Musk wars with Twitter over his buyout deal – on Twitter
It is worth mentioning that Pathole and Musk are friends and the billionaire entrepreneur often replies to his tweets. On the other hand, Pathole is also a fan of Musk and his space ventures. The first time Musk replied to the Pune techie was in 2018 and ever since he has been responding to his tweets. It has also been revealed that the duo speak with each other through direct messages (DMs) as well. The GitHub profile of Pathole describes him as a machine learning (ML) engineer who nerds out
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