A screenshot claiming to show Elon Musk with special X account permissions as 'Adrian Dittmann' is likely fabricated, according to a source at X.
A screenshot suggesting billionaire Elon Musk is cosplaying as superfan “Adrian Dittmann” with X account permissions beyond an ordinary user is almost certainly fake, a source at X tells The Verge. The source, who claims no knowledge of Dittmann’s identity, says an image posted to 4chan’s /pol/ board doesn’t reflect an actual interface available to people who work for X. The screenshot was posted by a user identifying themselves as Adrian Dittmann, showing a post from Musk’s X page.
In the screenshot, the X interface includes non-standard links to an “Admin Portal” and a “Bans” page, hinting at special privileges on the site. But the source says neither of these options exist for X employees logged into their accounts. In fact, X employees would see the same interface as other users, with the potential exception of new features currently being trialed for wide release. This suggests that other elements of the screenshot, like an analytics link appearing only for a post’s author, were also deliberate fabrications, seeded as hints that Musk is secretly Dittmann. The hints were picked up overnight, spreading on social media alongside other posts by the 4chan user — mostly lauding Musk and defending his X policies amid infighting with other conservatives over immigration. It’s unclear who posted the screenshots. “Adrian Dittmann” is a longtime X user, and his Musk fandom and vocal similarities have led to long-standing rumors that he’s secretly Musk himself. (Musk has cosplayed his son on the site, so it’s not that far-fetched an assertion.) User Mag’s Taylor Lorenz has noted that Dittmann benefits tremendously from the speculation that they’re Musk, and it’s possible the doctored screenshots are Dittmann leaning into that. The 4chan posts could also be from an unrelated impersonator, though, playing up the idea of Musk as a desperate forum poster
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