The internet loves @dril. No one Twitter account captures the general ridiculousness of the internet. But most people didn’t know who ran the account, and that was fine. Then on Friday, people began talking about someone revealing dril’s identity and personal information, also known as doxing. The information was apparently revealed on Tumblr.
However, it’s not necessarily a new phenomenon. There are Tumblr posts several years old that claim to know who the man behind dril is (click here if you want to know), as well as tweets that confirm the name. A discussion on Reddit about dril’s identity was posted two months ago.
But it’s a Tumblr post from Thursday and corresponding reactions on Twitter made dril’s speculated identity go viral. And people are blaming Tumblr.
https://twitter.com/seungylee14/status/931591481827082240
Twitter users, especially fans of the @dril account, aren’t thrilled about the news. They don’t want to know the identity of the person who runs the account.
I will never learn who @dril is. I will shoot my own eyeballs out first. I cannot be informed.
— Sleeping on your couch (where do I plug in my cpap (@sheapforwheet) November 17, 2017
This is my mantra as I wake each day.
https://twitter.com/mr_bobloblaw/status/931602756384772096
https://twitter.com/tatebjames/status/931603793464254465
Wanting to know the identity of Dril is why nerds suck
— Down Here For Your Soul (@bombsfall) November 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/zlingman/status/931599809810538496
look just because we might have found the corporeal manifestation of dril at this point in history doesn't mean we know who dril is
— [email protected] off to ya (@vestenet) November 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/kept_simple/status/931599839674208257
If you have spent any amount of reasonable time trying to figure out who Dril is, you should never be allowed to vote.
— Brian Coulter (@PhilaBCoulter) November 17, 2017
i dont want to know who he is
— mag (@bigbabymag) November 17, 2017
i dont want to know what he looks like
i will not let you guys ruin the last good thing on this website
protect dril, respect dril, leave dril alone
thank you
Internet: we found who dril is!
— Sung Min Kim (@sung_minkim) November 17, 2017
Me: pic.twitter.com/Os96ujrQbq
The doxxing of dril pic.twitter.com/gdASGflKRH
— Conjunction of the Allys (@CandyAppleAlly) November 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/andymoney69/status/931595226774429696
Some Twitter users offered a way to protect dril:
The only way to protect dril is for everyone to say “I am dril” like the “i’m spartacus” line
— Good Tweetman (@Goodtweet_man) November 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/elinfinitoadios/status/931604660120567808
We are all dril. Isn’t that the point of the account?