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@BeyonceFan666: the Twitter account 'predicting the future'
Did this account predict events ranging from Brexit and the Trump presidency to Beyoncé’s pregnancy? Almost certainly not – but it’s still spooking the web
@beyoncefan666 … probably not psychic, but pretty good at fooling Twitter. Photograph: Twitter
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Elena Cresci
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Thursday 2 February 2017 07.08 ESTLast modified on Thursday 2 February 2017 07.50 EST
A seemingly-psychic Twitter account has appeared, apparently predicting Brexit, the Trump presidency and Beyoncé’s baby news.
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dex @DexterAlex_
@beyoncefan666 Who are you and why has everything you've said come true..
1:29 PM - 1 Feb 2017
The account @BeyonceFan666 gained a lot of attention on Wednesday night after Beyoncé announced she was expecting twins.
Days before the announcement, the account tweeted:
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. @beyoncefan666
Beyoncé is pregnant. She told me.
9:31 AM - 28 Jan 2017
Tweets which seem to predict the future go viral all the time. For example, one teen accurately predicted Kanye West and Kim Kardashian would name their second child Saint.
But what got the internet excited about @BeyonceFan666 was its apparent ability to predict other events too. For example, the account was accurate about Trump:
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. @beyoncefan666
Unfortunately Donald Trump will be elected president
2:30 PM - 14 Jun 2016
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. @beyoncefan666
I would tell you all to go and vote for Hillary but it doesn't matter because I already know that trump has won
1:20 PM - 7 Nov 2016
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. @beyoncefan666
hello from the future
just to let you know america is currently crashing and burning under trumps leadership
6:39 AM - 24 Jul 2016
And it also predicted Brexit, down to the percentage won by the Leave campaign:
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. @beyoncefan666
Haha referendum coming up. Just a heads up: we leave the EU lol
6:56 AM - 22 Jun 2016
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. @beyoncefan666
In the referendum 52% vote leave
3:39 PM - 22 Jun 2016
Because we’ve got too much time on our hands, here’s our theory how they did it.
‘Psychic’ Twitter accounts regularly crop up on the web. Back in 2014, an account called Fifa Corruption appeared to predict key moments in the World Cup final, down to Germany’s Götze scoring the winning goal in the 113th minute.
However, making it appear as though you magically predict sports results is actually quite easy. You just need to tweet different possibilities before the fact, and delete the ones which don’t go your way. That’s how @FifNdhs got caught out.
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Suresh Nakhua @sureshnakhua
This @FifNdhs has tweeted multiple outcomes and then deleted wrong ones #WorldCupFinal #WorldCup2014
5:22 PM - 13 Jul 2014
It would be simple to predict which way the Brexit vote went or who won the presidency because there are are only two viable options. Predicting the Beyoncé baby news, the exact Brexit percentage, or Lady Gaga’s next album is a little trickier, but not entirely impossible. You’d just need to send and delete more tweets.
But why hasn’t @BeyonceFan666 been caught out like Fifa Corruption? Surely someone would have archived or screenshot the tweets before they were deleted? If you look at the replies to each tweet, they were sent quite recently. In fact, most were sent not long after Beyoncé announced she was having twins.
This suggests the account was private until shortly after the Beyoncé baby news. It’s likely the Beyoncé tweets began trending first, before Twitter users noticed the rest.
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. @beyoncefan666
Okay so Beyoncé is gonna announce a pregnancy in February(2017)
6:50 AM - 22 Jul 2016
That or, @BeyonceFan666 is psychic. But, probably not. Because if they were, then surely they would have predicted the bombshell twin detail of Beyoncé’s announcement? Naturally, we’ve contacted them to see if we can get to the bottom of this mystery.
@BeyonceFan666: the Twitter account 'predicting the future'
Did this account predict events ranging from Brexit and the Trump presidency to Beyoncé’s pregnancy? Almost certainly not – but it’s still spooking the web
@beyoncefan666 … probably not psychic, but pretty good at fooling Twitter. Photograph: Twitter
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Elena Cresci
@elenacresci
Thursday 2 February 2017 07.08 ESTLast modified on Thursday 2 February 2017 07.50 EST
A seemingly-psychic Twitter account has appeared, apparently predicting Brexit, the Trump presidency and Beyoncé’s baby news.
Follow
dex @DexterAlex_@beyoncefan666 Who are you and why has everything you've said come true..
1:29 PM - 1 Feb 2017
- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=826875221747564544
2,4202,420 Retweets
2,9932,993 likes
The account @BeyonceFan666 gained a lot of attention on Wednesday night after Beyoncé announced she was expecting twins.
Days before the announcement, the account tweeted:
Follow
. @beyoncefan666Beyoncé is pregnant. She told me.
9:31 AM - 28 Jan 2017
- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=825365793827409920
7,7637,763 Retweets
9,5669,566 likes
Tweets which seem to predict the future go viral all the time. For example, one teen accurately predicted Kanye West and Kim Kardashian would name their second child Saint.
But what got the internet excited about @BeyonceFan666 was its apparent ability to predict other events too. For example, the account was accurate about Trump:
Follow
. @beyoncefan666Unfortunately Donald Trump will be elected president
2:30 PM - 14 Jun 2016
- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=742801512691322888
4,8284,828 Retweets
3,3523,352 likes
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. @beyoncefan666I would tell you all to go and vote for Hillary but it doesn't matter because I already know that trump has won
1:20 PM - 7 Nov 2016
- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=795707633516875776
2,0282,028 Retweets
2,6522,652 likes
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. @beyoncefan666hello from the future
6:39 AM - 24 Jul 2016
- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=757178471512694784
10,03010,030 Retweets
8,3728,372 likes
And it also predicted Brexit, down to the percentage won by the Leave campaign:
Follow
. @beyoncefan666Haha referendum coming up. Just a heads up: we leave the EU lol
6:56 AM - 22 Jun 2016
Follow
. @beyoncefan666In the referendum 52% vote leave
3:39 PM - 22 Jun 2016
Because we’ve got too much time on our hands, here’s our theory how they did it.
‘Psychic’ Twitter accounts regularly crop up on the web. Back in 2014, an account called Fifa Corruption appeared to predict key moments in the World Cup final, down to Germany’s Götze scoring the winning goal in the 113th minute.
However, making it appear as though you magically predict sports results is actually quite easy. You just need to tweet different possibilities before the fact, and delete the ones which don’t go your way. That’s how @FifNdhs got caught out.
View image on Twitter
Follow
Suresh Nakhua @sureshnakhuaThis @FifNdhs has tweeted multiple outcomes and then deleted wrong ones #WorldCupFinal #WorldCup2014
5:22 PM - 13 Jul 2014
It would be simple to predict which way the Brexit vote went or who won the presidency because there are are only two viable options. Predicting the Beyoncé baby news, the exact Brexit percentage, or Lady Gaga’s next album is a little trickier, but not entirely impossible. You’d just need to send and delete more tweets.
But why hasn’t @BeyonceFan666 been caught out like Fifa Corruption? Surely someone would have archived or screenshot the tweets before they were deleted? If you look at the replies to each tweet, they were sent quite recently. In fact, most were sent not long after Beyoncé announced she was having twins.
This suggests the account was private until shortly after the Beyoncé baby news. It’s likely the Beyoncé tweets began trending first, before Twitter users noticed the rest.
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. @beyoncefan666Okay so Beyoncé is gonna announce a pregnancy in February(2017)
6:50 AM - 22 Jul 2016
- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=756456456031985664
50,47150,471 Retweets
42,96442,964 likes
That or, @BeyonceFan666 is psychic. But, probably not. Because if they were, then surely they would have predicted the bombshell twin detail of Beyoncé’s announcement? Naturally, we’ve contacted them to see if we can get to the bottom of this mystery.
