Conde Nast Elevator Twitter Account Goes Silent To Save Mystery Author

**Waqas** · August 11, 2011

Sometimes, the absurdities of one’s workplace are just too delicious not too share. That was the idea behind short-lived Twitter account, @CondeElevator, which went silent Thursday to preserve the anonymous tweeter’s job at the media company.

@CondeElevator first came on the scene August 6, launching with the tweet: “Woman #1 to Woman #2, holding an omelet: ‘What’s the occasion?’ Woman #2: ‘…huh?’ Woman #1: ‘I would need an occasion to eat that.’” The 140-character vignettes that follow are all of this nature, depicting Conde Nast employees engaged in flighty, banal and sometimes outright cruel dialogue. Gems like these have amassed the account 60,389 followers in less than one week.

However, it seems that the person behind the feed has gotten a bad case of cold feet, tweeting Thursday: “Girl or Guy #1 [in elevator alone]: This got really crazy. Love my job. Better stop. #sorry”

Conde Nast, a notoriously secretive company, has garnered a rep over the years for being an elite organization — home to magazines like Vogue and media giants such as Anna Wintour (a picture of Meryl Streep as Wintour in The Devil Wears Prada serves as the account’s avatar). This secrecy and status fed into the account’s intrigue, causing many media outlets to stage a hunt for the person behind it.

Gawker suspects that the Twitterer works at GQ, as several staffers were the first to follow the account. The Daily Beast has John Jannuzzi, a style editor at Lucky magazine, pinned as the culprit (but our sources say he’s innocent). The publication also points out that most of the tweets come from the elevator bank that serves floors four through 16 (which go to Teen Vogue, GQ, Glamour, Architectural Digest, and Golf Digest).

Whatever mag the tweeter calls home, s/he still remains anonymous. However, if this case is anything like that of @BPGlobalPR or @MayorEmanuel, his/her identity will likely come to light. The “Girl or Guy” might lose his/her job, but, hey, there’s probably a book deal in there somewhere.

We’ve reached out to Conde Nast and @CondeElevator for comment.

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