Billy Griffin ex lead singer of The Miracles has often highlighted his concern over fake profiles & expressed his dislike for it on his Facebook page. Tribute pages to our favorite artists is nice thing, but to try & be the artist is another.
A recent Tweeting incident on Twitter via The Cheryl Lynn twitter page really brought this to home. I have been a fan of Cheryl Lynn's music ever since her debut album & hit single, ''Got To Be Real'', so it was quite shock to see the Twitter account posting...
Cheryl Lynn @itsCherylLynn
In the hospital, had a minor stroke.
This is Cheryl's son just letting her fans know that she collapsed this morning. She's back in the hospital. -Cheryl's Son.
Thank YOU all for the prayers...I'm back in the hospital. I know GOD will work out it. #believe.
Weird thing on the 24th this was tweeted Cheryl Lynn @CherylLynnlive
It's a shame that we have to wait until we die to get recognized for our work. And many years of music @BET and other networks.
In our Disco ,Soul, Gold Facebook & Twitter page we asked everybody to pray & our friends at Soul Tracks did the same (but later changed it, in view of below).
I just got off the phone with Cheryl and her Manager. She's fine!!! She didn't I repeat Did not have a stroke!!! She's in great health and dropping new music very soon!!!!
The story got changed to Cruel Stroke Internet Stroke hoax < (Read it here)
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After we revealed the story all the Stroke tweets vanished & replace with ... I'm in Mexico
We we were glad to hear Miss Lynn was in good health ...
@discosoulgold Hi Disco Soul, I'm @itsCherylLynn manager and she was hacked she didn't tweet that she had a stoke! And that is her page.
@markchappelle @discosoulgold @soultracks @itsCherylLynn @willdowning I work for Ms. Lynn! And yes it's her real page she's getting verified
Soul tracks wrote Cheryl was happily shopping at the mall when the word of the Twitter posts hit her. She has no Twitter page and no son posting messages. It was all a lie, but for what twisted reason we can't even guess. Many thanks to our good friend, singer Will Downing, who connected us with Cheryl's manager, who set the record straight. We are ecstatic that Cheryl is 100% healthy, but are scratching our heads about what kind of person creates such a hoax. And we are sorry for any role we played in assisting those who were trying to fool Cheryl's fans.
So at the end of the day, Miss Lynn is in good health, which is the main thing, but for our peace of mind, its always best to get these stories verified. Do fake Facebook / Twitter accounts upset fans & damage the real artists credibility ?
For the record -This @itsCherylLynn has now unfollowed us on Twittter.
For the record -This @itsCherylLynn has now unfollowed us on Twittter.
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Gotta say that I've experienced this a few times. My most obvious souvenir is from a big name who offered me to become the admin of her page on Facebook, and when I said to her I knew in person her producers, she ended up deleting me, and as a friend too ;) F
ReplyDeleteNasty! So i'm guessing it was a fake account with a celebrate name.
ReplyDeleteIf it's true, I wish her God speed, if not it's a terrible joke that spread like wild flower. Who ever need to get a life.
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