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The original tweet revealing the fast food chain's genius marketing move was first posted by @edgette22 and was favorited more than 484,000 times and retweeted over 200,000 times as of midday Friday.

I don’t know who I’m more impressed with, @KFC for doing it or @edgette22 for noticing it https://t.co/avXAV1EkFm

— Chris Espinosa (@cdespinosa) October 20, 2017

Just realized they weren't following back.
Rude.
Good joke though.

— Wendy's (@Wendys) October 20, 2017

The chief brand officer of Ford even made an incredible offer to the anonymous person behind the move. \"To whomever runs the KFC Twitter account and thought of this. Call me whenever you need a job. You a genius,\" Musa Tariq tweeted.

To whomever runs the @KFC twitter account and thought of this. Call me whenever you need a job. You a genius. https://t.co/KjWPvnTJuD

— Musa Tariq (@MusaTariq) October 20, 2017

Other KFC social media accounts don't appear to follow to the 11 Herbs and Spices recipe. The company's Instagram account follows 67 users.

KFC did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment, and the person behind the marketing move remains anonymous.

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