Wednesday, 22 January 2014

What Happens To Parody Twitter Accounts Once The News Story Is Over?

What will the future of @UKIPWeather be? Well, here’s how other parody accounts have coped after the news has moved on.


You might be familiar with @UKIPWeather, a parody Twitter that went viral after a UKIP councillor was suspended for blaming bad weather on gay marriage.


You might be familiar with @UKIPWeather , a parody Twitter that went viral after a UKIP councillor was suspended for blaming bad weather on gay marriage.


The account has gathered more than 108,000 followers in just a few days.


Twitter: @UkipWeather and Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images


But when the news moves on do the parody accounts stop tweeting? Not always. Remember Godfrey Bloom's "Bongo Bongo Land" comments last summer?


But when the news moves on do the parody accounts stop tweeting? Not always. Remember Godfrey Bloom's "Bongo Bongo Land" comments last summer?


And @BongoGov was created. It was popular for a short while.


Christopher Furlong / Getty Images / Via Twitter: @martinbagot




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