Fans of Gerard Way today are being subjected to the re-tweet controversy that is striking celebrities this month. In recent weeks, some disturbed individuals have been using the “RT” function of Twitter to send out fake death re-tweets about notable celebrities. Sadly the trend hasn’t stopped, but has escalated this November.
The fake celebrity RT controversy stems from Twitter’s ability to insert the letters “RT” and then a username’s account after. For example, someone could write “RT@ladygaga” to suggest that there are re-tweeting a news statement by Lady Gaga written on Twitter. By fabricating, for example, “RT@ladygaga I’m at the supermarket”, other readers may believe that “I’m at the supermarket” was just sent by Gaga. But when the account in the fake re-tweet is a news company, a singer’s musical group, or even their record label, the harm is far worse.
The problem escalated this month after several individuals began using news companies for fake retweet scandal. So, when someone recently wrote to twitter “RT@[news company ] Eddie Murphy is dead”, fans believed that message to be true (which it was not).
Today, Gerard Way fans are being subjected to a new level of trickery. People on Twitter have been fabricating re-tweets of the My Chemical Romance account.
Fans are furious by the fake death reports. “What are these reports I’m seeing about Gerard Way?” Another writes “Anybody else hear … about Gerard Way being dead? Anybody else almost have a heart attack?” Other fans are far more skeptical. Several indicate that this is not the first time for fake death reports for Way. “Honestly he’s “died” so many times already. Come on people quit it already.” Many fans, however, want to know the culprit behind the false reports. “Who the … has said that Gerard Way is dead? It’s not funny at all.”
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