Twitter gets "hacked", lots of lulz

[Mayareira]

According to an e-mail we received this morning, the Twitter bug and ensuing 0 followers/0 following fiasco was inadvertently started by a Turkish fan of heavy metal band Accept. When this young man tweeted “Accept pwnz,” he found that the user @pwnz was suddenly following him.

The fellow, who says he doesn’t have any Twitter-related programming knowledge, wrote a blog post about the accidental exploit. At least one commenter said he tried to contact Twitter employees about the bug but got no response.

As most of us are now aware, a ton of other users started exploiting this bug and a few tech blogs got wind of it, as well. Twitter was working to fix the force follow bug this morning, which made it appear that all follower and following counts had been reduced to zero. This was a temporary measure; follower counts have since been restored.

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Thousands of random users started "adding" celebrities and stuff (Jim Carrey, Obama...anyone you can think of) as their followers. Currently they all believe that their accounts got hacked.

[Kyo]

I am glad twitter is a relevant issue in everyday life.

[Murdock]

loltwitter

[Plow]

Serious Jim Carrey is pretty much the best shit ever.

[Pikarya]

Since Obama's twitter got hacked, is this considered a federal offense?

Spoiler: show

Please note, I'm not apart of the http://images.bluegartr.com/forum/im...icon_bglaw.gif team.

[Pirian]

Since Obama's twitter got hacked, is this considered a federal offense?

Spoiler: show

Please note, I'm not apart of the http://images.bluegartr.com/forum/im...icon_bglaw.gif team.

I was under the impression Obama didn't have a twitter, but the White House did.

[Jodwahh]

Thought that was why he wouldn't give up his blackberry.

[Tekoa]

loltwitter

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[Elvis]

wtf is a twitter

yous kids these days with ur nintendo and ur vcr

[richardd]

not that i care about twitter, but does this effect Kevin Smith's twitter in anyway shape or form? i follow up on his once in awhile after he made me die laughing from his "fat" incident and came up with the new Southwest airlines diet

[Elvis]

yes, it does. kevin smith will no longer be funny

[richardd]

nooooooooooooooooooo

it was one of his rare funny moments after his jersey girl statuses

[Kilorilo]

WTFs a Kardashian

[Pirian]

WTFs a Kardashian

I asked this shit too, ironically I learned about it because of your avatar.

[Plow]

You mean you guys don't keep up with them?

[Kerberoz]

I thought they were just lame characters on The Soup.

[Meresgi]

You mean you guys don't keep up with them?

Saw 10mins of that stupid ass reality show they had going when I was down in Maryland visiting my gf, her family was watching it. I started laughing my ass off at the "drama" and then got up and left.

[Max™]

WTFs a Kardashian

Funniest shit I've read all day, but apparently Bruce Jenner birthed some slutty arab bitches through his mangina or something, it's what my chick explained to me, but she only picked that up while flipping channels, in her defense.

[miokomioko]

lolarab... Kardashians are Armenian, but you won't find any Armenians claiming those filthy whores.

[Mayareira]

man don't you guys watch tv? lol Kardashian is famous with her butt.

Spoiler: show

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