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4:14 pm - 11/13/2012

One Direction's Harry Styles and Niall Horan 'spy on fans via Twitter'



Harry Styles and Niall Horan have created fake twitter profiles so they can see what their fans say about them.

The One Direction stars - who are joined in the band by Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne - like to do research about what people think about them by creating pseudonyms on the social networking site and asking fans questions who have no idea they are talking to the singers.

A source said: "Harry and Niall like to get personal with the fans, but it's hard to talk one-on-one with them without being cyber-mobbed. So in the last few months they've started using pseudonyms to befriend their fans on twitter. They have no idea the strangers they're talking to are actually their idols."

"The boys change their names every few weeks to prevent being rumbled."

The teenage hunks - who have 15.4 million twitter followers between them - particularly enjoy doing it while they spend time waiting in airports and hotels.

The source added to the Daily Star newspaper: "They find out what fans enjoy most at the gigs and which songs they like and don't like. It's also a good place to hear what the latest rumours are. They say it helps them kill time as well when they're waiting in hotels and airports around the world. Harry does it the most. He loves finding out what the fans really think."

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fangirls everywhere rn
powerbottom 13th-Nov-2012 01:27 pm (UTC)
It's what I would do if I was famous, tbh.
andthenwevomit 13th-Nov-2012 01:44 pm (UTC)
same
and probably make a ~secret tumblr~ where I'd reblog funny gifs of myself or something lol and release exclusive demos/photos but once they're all close to figuring me out I'll deactivate oop
slaughtermatic 13th-Nov-2012 01:50 pm (UTC)
I'd read all the fanfic and slowly die of shame. Worth it tbh.
lanavis 13th-Nov-2012 02:25 pm (UTC)
I'll reference the fanfic a la Misha
slaughtermatic 13th-Nov-2012 04:42 pm (UTC)
Omg Misha. It's pretty damn joyous to see someone having so much fun with their work and not being up their own ass. You go Coco.
wearescientists 13th-Nov-2012 07:02 pm (UTC)
i legit think the kanyewestfanfic tumblr is kanye
a_wa 13th-Nov-2012 09:18 pm (UTC)
Me too.
godramaclub 13th-Nov-2012 02:06 pm (UTC)
this is especially something i would do if i was a well-known author
chibi 13th-Nov-2012 02:33 pm (UTC)
i'd do the opposite tbqh. i'd be on ontd talking mad shit about myself, slimandsexxxy style. it would also serve as research on hardcore stans for the "potential stalkers" file.
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