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Rob Manuel

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Rob Manuel
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Rob Manuel is the English co-founder of the website B3ta.

Work

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Manuel is responsible for numerous quizzes and Flash animations. For a time, he presented the B3ta Radio Show on Resonance FM with David Stevenson.[1]

Manuel has developed various social media bots, including Clickbait Robot (@clickbaitrobot, which parodies clickbait,[2][3] Swear Clock (@swearclock, which posts the time using profanity),[4] and Fesshole (@fesshole, public confessions)[5] with a spin off book.[6]

In 2022, he recorded a mix for the song "Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce" by The Kunts.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Oates, John (23 January 2007), B3ta man victorious over Coca-Cola in music dispute, The Register, retrieved 27 May 2009
  2. ^ Bryant, Martin (7 November 2015). "Clickbait Robot is like BuzzFeed on autopilot". Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. ^ Poke, The (13 September 2016). "27 bits of surreally amusing clickbait entirely generated by a robot". Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  4. ^ Metro.co.uk, Ellen Scott for (13 May 2017). "F*** your watch, this sweary Twitter account is the only clock you need". Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. ^ mirror.co.uk, Saffron Otter for (7 November 2022). "Meet the man thousands confess their darkest secrets to - that then go viral online". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  6. ^ thebookseller.com, LAUREN BROWN for (22 April 2022). "Radar acquires 'wickedly funny' collection of Fesshole confessions in two-book deal". Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  7. ^ Trendell, Andrew (27 May 2022). "The Kunts on their Jubilee single 'Prince Andrew Is A Sweaty Nonce'". New Musical Express. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
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