Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook were meant for real people to connect and interact with one another.
The thing that makes Pony B. Curtis’ page a little different from the rest is the page was designed to profile a fictional character.
This page included computer designed pictures and videos of this made up character that eventually grew to have over 300 followers worldwide.
From here in Tampa to Jersey and even in London and Barcelona, Pony B. Curtis grew famous and started fulfilling his dream of ‘becoming an Internet star.’
But Pony B Curtis’ dreams ran into a bump along the road when some followers from a New Jersey high school began sending hateful messages.
Pony B. Curtis, who till this day remains pretty much anonymous, retaliated by creating videos that mocked the New Jersey anti-Pony followers.
This created a video war where things got really heated to the point that the followers took legal action by claiming that Pony B Curtis was going to ‘commit a mass murder at their high school.’
Pony B. Curtis denied these allegations releasing a statement exclusively to The Minaret saying:
‘These allegations are bordering on slanderous and are an exercise in impossibility as everyone knows that ponies cannot shoot guns.’
Some of the few people who know the minds behind Pony B. Curtis are the New Jersey and Boston police.
Officers showed up at a Boston home after tracking down the IP address used when one of the creators logged in from his cousin’s house in Boston.
Since then the creator convinced police that the threats were false, and they dropped their investigation.
However, the Pony B. Curtis account was shut down because Facebook forbids profiles of fake characters and users that antagonize others.
Pony B. wants to assure his fans that ‘the allegations are absolutely false.’
‘I’m merely interested in making that Internet money,’ Pony claims.
Recently Pony B. Curtis changed his name to Pony B. Courteous, rightfully, because Pony promises ‘to never again antagonize my friends, I will only grace my fans with nothing but the utmost of courtesy.’
This Pony character has been getting a lot of attention even drawing some of Boston’s finest in on some of the action.
I really don’t see any harm in the profile.
It is actually a little fun trying to unravel who the master minds of this character are.
As long as no ponies go around threatening people, I say go ahead Pony, make your Internet money, but be careful because after reading this everyone will be trying to figure out just who you are.
Stacy Vieux may be reached at svieux@ut.edu.
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