Junlper (stylized as JUNlPER; born November 1 1995) is a former shitposter on Twitter. She is known for posting satirical screenshots of fabricated news stories and is credited with popularizing the term goblin mode and creating a fake headline about the "dick vein" on Snickers being removed.
Following a dispute with Elon Musk, she was suspended from Twitter on October 6, 2023.
Activities on Twitter
Juniper originally created her Twitter account in early 2019 in order to support the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign, but later pivoted towards mocking people she considered her political enemies.
In an interview with Vox and on the Western Kabuki podcast, Juniper said that discourse surrounding Hogwarts Legacy was manufactured and that despite saying that people should feel free to buy it, they shouldn't try to get "good ally points" for disliking J. K. Rowling.
Juniper criticized U.S. states that block transitioning for adults.
Juniper satirically replied to a video showing a body bag being dragged out of the White House by saying "yuuuup. that's Joe biden".
Popularizing goblin mode
In 2022, Juniper made a tweet featuring a doctored Fox News headline of an interview with actress Julia Fox, purporting her to have used the phrase goblin mode. The image prompted a large increase in online searches for goblin mode, leading Fox to clarify she did not use the term.
In June 2022, the term was defined on Dictionary.com as "a slang term for a way of behaving that intentionally and shamelessly gives in to and indulges in base habits and activities without regard for adhering to social norms or expectations." In December 2022, online respondents selected the term from Oxford Languages' shortlist, which also included metaverse and #IStandWith, as the Word of the Year.
Snickers "dick vein"
In April 2022, Juniper satirically claimed in a viral tweet that Snickers was removing the "dick vein" design from the top of the candy bar, prompting a backlash from unwitting Snickers fans. Due to the volume of response, Snickers clarified in its own viral tweet that the "veins remain". The tweet spawned follow-up hoaxes including a viral fake image of Tucker Carlson talking about the "dick veins" on his Fox News show, alluding to Carlson's widely mocked comments about "unsexy" M&M's characters earlier that year.
Interactions with MrBeast
In March 2023, when YouTuber MrBeast suggested his fans mess up Hershey's chocolate bar displays, Juniper said it was proof he is "demonic". Later that month, she fabricated an image of a Walmart website page for a '"product zoner", to which he responded, "I'm all for dunking on me, but no need to spread lies."
In June 2023, when MrBeast said that he was invited on the Titan before the Titan submersible implosion, she accused him of lying, as his text was blue (meaning the text was sent, not received). He responded by saying that it was a screenshot he took of his friend's text.
Suspension from Twitter
On October 6, 2023, Juniper was suspended from Twitter. The previous day, Elon Musk made a change where headlines would not display above news articles. In response, Juniper used this change in functionality to make a satirical tweet in which she claimed that "growing evidence suggested that" Musk was a pedophile. Juniper and her alt account (@UNSTABLEPOSTING) were subsequently banned hours later. She was briefly unbanned. Juniper briefly operated from @junegoblinmode but was again suspended on October 7. At the time of her suspension, she had 258,851 followers.
There has been no official statement given on the reason for suspension. The move was condemned by journalists Erin Reed and Ben Collins, civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo. Mike Masnick of Techdirt contrasted the suspension with Musk's previous claims of being a 'free speech absolutist'.
Personal life
Juniper is a food inspector for the state of Wisconsin. She is a transgender woman and co-hosts the internet culture podcast Western Kabuki.