Who is @horse_js?

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Many of us follow @horse_js on Twitter. Twenty-one thousand of us, to be exact. That horse loves stirring up mischief by taking people’s statements out of context. It happened to me a few times and almost got me in trouble.

There’s even a @horsplain_js account that follows along and explains the origin of the tweets.

Burke Holland and Jasmine Greenaway created a data science project to uncover the true identity of the notorious JavaScript parody account. This single page site goes through time series analysis, most quoted people, location and phrases to get to the bottom of the riddle. We won’t spoil it… you’ll just have to visit and see.

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