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[Also See - REVEALED: How Today’s Twitter Bug Was First Discovered] Twitter has an embarrassing bug on its hands –- one that allows users to make anyone follow them. Mashable reader Ozan Yılmaz e-mailed us the details this morning, writing “[tweet] accept [username]" then the [username] immediately starts following you.” We confirmed the issue when we noticed that our main Twitter account is now following lots of new people that we didn’t manually follow on our own.
That means that if you choose to exploit this bug, your tweets can show up in anyone's timeline — at least until the issue gets resolved. Other reports confirm that this exploit is currently being used by many users. No word yet from Twitter on when this might be fixed and if they’ll be able to do undo the damage, but we’ll update here when we know more. Below, an image of the 194 people Conan O'Brien now follows. Update #1: Many users are also noticing that their following/follower counts have been reset to 0. The Real Story Behind Twitter's Ridiculous Follow Bug - Twitter.