a screenshot that starts giving suggestions Billionaire Elon Musk superfan impersonating “Adrian Dittman” — showing X account permissions higher than a normal user — is almost certainly fake, a source at X reported The Verge,
The source, who claims to have no knowledge of Dittman's identity, says an image posted on 4chan's /poll/ board does not reflect the actual interface available to people working for Is. The screenshot was posted by a user identifying himself as Adrian Dittman, showing a post from Musk's X page. In that screenshot, the But the source says none of these options exist for X employees logged into their accounts. In fact, X employees will see the same interface as other users, with the possible exception of new features currently being tested for wider release.
Another source familiar with X's operations confirmed this The Verge This screenshot is not consistent with what employees saw.
This suggests that other elements of the screenshot, such as an analytics link that is visible only to the author of the post, were also deliberate fabrications, indicating that Musk is secretly a Dittman. The signs were picked up overnight, where they spread across social media along with other posts made by 4chan users – mostly praising Musk and defending his X policies. Infighting with other conservatives over immigration.
It is not clear who posted the screenshots. “Adrian Dittman” is a longtime (Musk has cosplayed my son on the siteso it is not He A far-reaching claim.) user magazine Taylor Lorenz noted that Dittman has benefited greatly from speculation that he is Musk, and it is possible that the doctored screenshots of Dittman are leaning that way. 4chan posts may also be from an unaffiliated impersonator, however, as Musk's idea may be posed by a desperate forum poster. (I guess we can't rule out that Musk, impersonating Dittman, added fake elements to the actual screenshots of his X account? But I'm putting that theory lower on the list.)
UPDATE 1:40PM ET: Added confirmation from another source.