The number of fake celebrity accounts appearing is pretty w.0....

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Yet now I am beginning to question if Twitter is turning into MySpace. Here are five parallels just off the top of my head:

• There is a competition for followers similar to collecting “friends” on MySpace
• Anonymity is normal on both Twitter and Myspace, unlike Facebook
• Fake profiles are proliferating
• Real celebrity profiles are also proliferating, but they are often maintained by someone else for marketing, leading to spam
• Finally, the one most evident visually—services like Twitback, Twitterbacks and Twitterimage help you customize your profiles. You can compare Britney Spear’s profiles on Twitter, MySpace and Facebook respectively (see screenshot below)

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http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/01/is-twitter-turning-into-myspace/