burner account

English

Noun

burner account (plural burner accounts)

1. (Internet, informal) An anonymous account (typically on a social media website) used (temporarily) for activities that the user does not want to have tied to their main account.

   Synonyms: burner, throwaway

   • 2021 July 26, Gashaw Abeza, Norman O'reilly, Jimmy Sanderson, Evan Frederick, Social Media In Sport: Theory And Practice (Emerging Issues And Trends In Sport Business)‎^[1], World Scientific, →ISBN, page 332:

     Another area that sports organizations need to consider with risk assessment is the emergence of burner accounts (i.e., social media accounts that a person operates under a fake name, which allows them to post things the may not be willing to post from their identified account). NBA player Kevin Durant has admitted to using burner accounts on Twitter to defend himself against criticism (Shiller, 2020).

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