https://gizmodo.com/the-real-story-behind-twitters-ridiculous-follow-bug-5535536
I have no musical theme how a jam this large could be left in a service as pop as Twitter , nor do I realise why it has n’t been shut yet . What I do understand , though , is that Oprah is following me powerful now , and receive my DMs . So anyway , here ’s how it works :
1. Open the Twitter web interface (I haven’t been able to get it to work in the apps I’ve tried)
2 . Tweet “ accept username ” , as in “ accept oprah ”
3 . Wait a few bit . You may get a waiter error , but that means it ’s worked .
4 . contain your followers list
5 . ! ! !
UPDATE : Twitter is apparently already on the case : Most accounts are currently showing 0 followers and 0 followed , so there ’s no way to tell if the illusion still works . More as we get it .
UPDATE II : say Twitter :
UPDATE III : Looks like it ’s over , but there ’s still quite a mess to clean up .
— Thanks , Bora Kırca and Güntekin !
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