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Twitter Bug Lets Users Force Others To Follow Them

Posted by Soulskill on from the take-that-conan dept.

Several readers have sent word of a Twitter bug which has been allowing users to make any other user follow them by simply tweeting "accept [username]." People have been abusing it to make the accounts of various celebrities and publications follow them. Twitter acknowledged the bug and disabled the follow/unfollow system until they can get it fixed.

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  1. So...? by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 5, Funny

    All your tweets are belong to us?

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    It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
    1. Re:So...? by Abstrackt · · Score: 5, Funny

      "In Soviet Russia, celebrities follow YOU!"?

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      They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. - Terry Pratchett
  2. Re:Bug fixed by Scrameustache · · Score: 5, Funny

    Twitter says they have resolved this bug.

    http://status.twitter.com/post/587210796/follow-bug-discovered-remedied

    It's not so much fixed as unreproducible by way of disabling the entire "follow" feature. The twits are in a panic, wondering if they've offended people since their followers have all disappeared.

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  3. Does this work on Slashdot? by InvisibleSoul · · Score: 5, Funny

    accept +1 Funny

  4. Re:Probably not a bug by fustakrakich · · Score: 5, Funny

    That might not be allowed. If you don't sign up with these social networks, you will be flagged as a "loner" type , and put on the no fly list. Customs already does this to people who don't have a credit card. I speak from experience. So, what have you got to hide? Sign up already!

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