#BBCtrending: Meet God, the Kremlin and Tilda Swinton

What do God, the Kremlin, Tilda Swinton and the Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan have in common?

They are each the subject of a popular parody account on Twitter - The Tweet of God, external, Not Tilda Swinton, external, Not Goodluck, external and KermlinRussia, external respectively.

Parody accounts have been around for years - one of the oldest was for Dick Cheney, former US Vice-President. We asked for your favourite parodies, and spoke to the people behind a selection of them. What makes a great parody account? Writer and comedian David Schneider, external gives BBC Trending his take.

Produced by Neil Meads, external

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