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		http-teapot on March 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elon Musk Deletes Own, SpaceX and Tesla Facebook P... Probably for ads. Since ads can be rendered as regular post a profile is needed but they won't be rendered in the profile's feed. Apple also has an account with no posts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apple

archon810 on March 24, 2018 [–]

Apple's Twitter account is used exclusively for ads and special functionality like reminding you about events.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/02/the-invisible-apple-tweet/

I wonder if Facebook lets them do something similar.

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