Ask HN: Did you exploit the twitter follow bug?

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by sushi • 16 years ago

4 8 16 years ago

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I tried it for a bit and since it was working made some of the celebs like @aplusk & @oprah follow me. Did you do something like that as well?

jasonlbaptiste• 16 years ago

better yet, who did it and then messaged one of the people they made follow them. if i had known earlier i sincerely would have made bill gates follow me and just sent a dm with a quick+ sincere "thank you".

jacquesm2• 16 years ago

How does one tell a quick + sincere "thank you" from a slow and insincere "thank you"?

butofcourse• 16 years ago

Simply compare the speed and sincerity.

brk• 16 years ago

It appears that Taylor Swift and Mariah Carey have un-followed me. The others that I forced into my followers list are still there though. Kinda disappointed about Taylor, I really thought that she and I would get a lot of value from each-others tweets.

sushi• 16 years ago

It seems Taylor has un-followed me as well. I was also thinking that she could get some value from my cooking tweets.

noodle• 16 years ago

i used it, yes, but only to test it out. i was too curious not to.

lazugod• 16 years ago

Yes.

Ask HN: Did you exploit the twitter follow bug?

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