Rob Manuel

Rob Manuel (born 5 December 1973) is the English co-founder of the website B3ta (where he is affectionately known as "the Ginger Führer").

Work

Manuel is responsible for numerous quizzes and Flash animations. He has also collaborated with Joel Veitch and Ben Wheatley producing videos for Tomboy Virals. Together with Jonti Picking, under the names Weebl and Chums, he released a mini-album, Pure Yak Frenzy, consisting of various tunes and earworms created by one or both of them. Most of these tracks gained popularity on the Internet (usually accompanied by a Flash animation) before being released on CD. For a time, he presented the B3ta Radio Show on Resonance FM with David Stevenson.[1]

Manuel has developed various Twitter bots, including Clickbait Robot (@clickbaitrobot, which parodies clickbait,[2][3] Swear Clock (@swearclock, which tweets 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]

Personal life

Manuel has three children and lives in Tufnell Park, London.

References
  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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