Fake Shebada causes trouble

Keith 'Shebada' Ramsey, roots play icon and star of the hit play 'Bashment Granny', says he is being impersonated on popular social networking site Twitter.

The actor is distancing himself from the actions of an unscrupulous individual who created a Twitter account recently and wreaked havoc on the site for the short time the account was active. Soon after the cyber war began to heat up, however, the account was cancelled.

On the site, users 'follow' each other in order to interact and see each other's posts. The fake user, who went by the name 'Bashment Shebada', followed several persons on the site, some of whom were displeased and made it known.

In these instances, the character made it clear in no uncertain terms that he would follow anyone he chose to.

expressing concern

One user,Ryan, queried why he was being followed by the actor, with the following post, "Why is Keith Shebada Ramsey following me?" To this question, Bashment Shebada replied, "Yu luddy! Yu a come gwaan like seh yu a nuh badi. Mi falla anybadi mi c."

After this retaliation, Ryan blocked Bashment Shebada, but this only seemed to anger him more. He later tweeted, "All a di man dem wha a block mi. Unnu nuh see all a di hat gal dem whe a falla mi! Me win! Ah bey!"

A scan of the site revealed many users who had blocked the fake Shebada and who were expressing concern at the fact that he had chosen to follow them.

Before cancelling the account, Bashment Shebada had made several tweets. Among these were tweets which sought to enquire how the site worked and who was on it. One tweet asked, "A how dis work now?" Another said, "People, how unnu so boring? Gimmi di met nuh! Ragga deh pan dis?"

When contacted by THE STAR, Ramsay said he was not responsible for the rude messages and was not even aware that he had been impersonated. "I wouldn't do that," he said, "I have an account, but I haven't used it for a long while, because I don't even remember how to sign in. It is not me and I am very sorry about that."

The actor said he was wrapping up his current play on the local scene and was looking forward to a new play, set to be released in the summer. He said the new play would be more "edgy" and would take him back to his Bashment Granny roots.

Several popular figures have recently fallen victim to fake Twitter accounts. These include Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller.