Fandom Twitter slang, A setup account is a profile created by another fandom made to make another fandom look bad. The fake profile will generally tweet out offensive stuff.
“Did you see that (fandom name) account that made 9/11 jokes?”
“Yeah, I think that was a set-up account.”
“Yeah, I think that was a set-up account.”
by Han”IClappedLeia’sCheeks” Solo February 04, 2021
Amongst stans, a "Set up account" is a fake account on the internet that pretends to like an artist they actually hate and says awful things, so the awful things are automatically associated with the artist they dislike
by anonymous July 04, 2025