It was bound to happen. I am sure that everyone saw this coming. With social media being as prevalent as it is, there will definitely be some fakers round here.

Just a couple of weeks ago, I was watching Jimmy Kimmel interview Lily Allen; you know that British singer chick who is the rave these days? Anyhow, she was narrating how she is using Twitter to promote concerts and shows. She would tweet about hiding tickets in some public place and her fans would go and rush to get them.

While that was definitely a real celebrity tweeting, there has been one too many cases of fakers. I read a funny feature on MSN on these fake celebrity Twitter accounts called Phweeters. Guess who is on the list?

Well we have the well publicized account of the Dalai Lama. This one created a lot of noise, we know how many people look up to His Holiness. Well, it was a phweeter, sorry to say.

Kanye West was also “victimized,” when a Twitter account using his name dissed Stephen Colbert last year. That was funny, and everyone thought it was really Kanye. They say it was a phweeter as well.

I’m a Family Guy fan, and when I saw @Stewie, I just had to laugh. We all know that there is no such person, but seeing this phweeter and reading his tweets can make your day!

I would have to say, though, that the best phweeter in this world is @ChuckNorris_. Seriously, why would anyone want to try and imitate Chuck? I am thinking he’d be roundhouse kicked to death here soon!

More phweeters at MSN Tech.

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