Dril
Pseudonymous Twitter user
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2023 | Participates in his first interview under his own name, published in The Ringer, further confirming his identity as Paul Dochney. |
2023 | Dril created an account on Bluesky during its invite-only early access phase, becoming the first notable celebrity user on the platform according to Forbes. |
April 2023 | Dril revived the #BlockTheBlue campaign, expressing hope for Twitter's downfall and criticizing Twitter Blue subscribers as 'dead-eyed cretins'. |
April 22 2023 | Twitter unexpectedly gave dril a blue checkmark despite not subscribing to Twitter Blue. Dril repeatedly changed his display name in an attempt to remove the checkmark, ultimately settling on 'slave to Woke'. |
March 2023 | A Platformer report revealed that Twitter had included dril on a secret list of 35 'VIP' accounts whose reach was algorithmically amplified. |
January 2023 | Revealed a new book titled 'How to Cheat at Casino Games by Being a Bitch' during a Truthpoint live performance, dramatically ripping up the manuscript and throwing pages to the audience. |
December 2022 | Published his third book, The Dril Archives, released simultaneously in four different editions: Eternal, Refined, Beloved, and Chaotic. |
November 9 2022 | Dril launched the #BlockTheBlue hashtag and publicly stated he would 'absolutely block on sight' anyone with a paid Twitter blue checkmark in response to Twitter's new verification system under Elon Musk. |
February 2021 | Released the short film Virtual Prison as a pilot for a potential Adult Swim series, collaborating with Derek Estevez-Olsen and Pierce Campion. |
February 2021 | Announced he was developing a side-scrolling video game called 'copgame', doing all coding and artwork himself. |
2020 | Published his second book, The Get Rich and Become God Method. |
2019 | Announces the launch of 'Truthpoint: Darkweb Rising', an InfoWars parody web series co-created with comedian Derek Estevez-Olsen for Adult Swim. |
December 2019 | BuzzFeed News declared dril 'Without a doubt [...] the most important person on Twitter of the 2010s'. |
2018 | Publishes his first book, 'Dril Official "Mr. Ten Years" Anniversary Collection', a compilation of the account's notable tweets with new illustrations. |
August 2018 | Dril announces the transfer of his tweet publishing rights to Paul Dochney for the purpose of publishing his first book. |
2017 | Dochney wrote for Hiveswap, a video game based on the webcomic Homestuck. |
2017 | Dril's real identity is revealed through a doxing incident, with New York magazine suggesting Paul Dochney (born 1987) as the author behind the account. |
November 2017 | Dril was referred to as 'practically internet royalty' in The A.V. Club and 'one of the internet's most unlikely treasures' in Slate following a doxing incident. |
May 2017 | Dril reached 567,000 Twitter followers, continuing the account's rapid growth in popularity. |
January 2017 | Dril opened a Patreon account to support his tweets and future projects, with monthly revenue ranging between $1,468 and $2,200. |
2016 | Dochney designed the cover of the vaporwave/funk album Cyber-Vision by Drew Fairweather. |
December 2014 | Dril's Twitter following increased to 166,000 followers, significantly expanding the account's reach. |
October 2012 | Dril had 23,000 Twitter followers, marking the early stage of the account's growth and popularity. |
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