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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:Does this work on Slashdot? by Yvan256 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Looks like it works, but let's try it with something else just to be sure.

    accept +5 MooCow

  2. it's all fun and games by circletimessquare · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    until you realize that as twitter creeps further into english language use, the following conversation following english language convention is only a few months away:

    "i was going to twitter that until i got the tweet you twatted yesterday and i realized its no fun twuttering anymore, you twat"

    "don't call me a twat you twit"

    (shudder)

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