The fake page, known as ”Dunedin city council – DCC”, was created on Monday and has since posted a series of comments and photos.
The posts involved one concerning Baldwin
St losing its standing as the world’s steepest
street, in which the fake council declared ”the official call has promptly been made to start roadworks”.
”Baldwin Street will have its angle magnified by 3 degrees, so as to reclaim it’s [sic] title
as steepest street in the world for New Zealand.”
The fake post additionally suggested Baldwin St Residents to
”enjoy the noise of heavy machinery
and having no street parking for a
minimum of a year”, and included a link to a roadworks customer satisfaction survey on the real DCC’s website.
By late yesterday, the post had attracted over a hundred comments, whereas the page itself had about to a thousand followers.
Other posts included one noting a rising student
trend away from burning
couches and towards the ”healthier modification to vaporizing the couches instead”.
One post offered ”some cheap grams” to followers,
followed by a subsequent response
to a comment, advising the person to ”message our Facebook page and one of our workers will get back to
you within following five working days.
Kind regards, DCC.”
Council city services general
manager Sandy Graham (the real one) yesterday said council employees were aware of the page and had
contacted Facebook, requesting it
to be removed.
”While there’s no damage in a little bit of humor, a number of the recent posts are offensive. Our broader
concern is that it could be confusing
for individuals. Particularly in the lead-up to the local body elections,” she said.