Did Xbox Really Ask Its Own Support Account for Hardware Help on Twitter?

Critics guess it was meant for fake user account

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If true, this is rather embarrassing. Several Twitter users last night reportedly caught @Xbox tweeting an Xbox One support question to Microsoft's own @XboxSupport team. The assumption, of course, is that the question (now deleted) was meant to be posted elsewhere, with some theorizing it was intended for a fake user account to make Xbox Support look responsive.

"Hi @XboxSupport. I just got an Xbox One and connected my Kinect," the tweet says, "but it (sic) showing me that its (sic) not connected up in the rt hand corner.

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