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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