The Real Story Behind Twitter's Ridiculous Follow Bug

Gizmodo has the lowdown on that Twitter "follow bug" that cropped up earlier today. Apparently some random guy from Turkey found the bug…then got banned for it....and craploads of accounts were reset to 0.

We identified and resolved a bug that permitted a user to "force" other users to follow them. We're now working to rollback all abuse of the bug that took place. Follower/following numbers are currently at 0; we're aware and this too should shortly be resolved.

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