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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. Re:Probably not a bug by Yvan256 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So what should you do? Stop using Twitter?

    Yes.

  2. Re:Probably not a bug by fotbr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.