Twitter Bug Lets Users Force Others To Follow Them 143
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.
That might explain Chavez's Top Twitterer Status (Score:4, Funny)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8671581.stm [bbc.co.uk]
Of course (Score:1, Funny)
Justin Bieber is actually a secret computer hacker, breaking simple algorithms like this is cake for him.
In fact, all of his music is about IRC.
So...? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Bug fixed (Score:5, Funny)
Twitter says they have resolved this bug.
http://status.twitter.com/post/587210796/follow-bug-discovered-remedied [twitter.com]
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.
Re:Bug fixed (Score:2, Funny)
Twitter Bug Lets Users Force Others To Follow Them
Who could resist following someone who was doing the "TwitterBug"? It's such an irresistible dance!
Does this work on Slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So...? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Of course (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Does this work on Slashdot? (Score:2, Funny)
Testing (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Does this work on Slashdot? (Score:3, Funny)
Damn, I went back to Tristram for nothing.
Re:and i thought people just hated me (Score:1, Funny)
Re:it's all fun and games (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Probably not a bug (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!
Re:Recursive twittering (Score:3, Funny)