Twitter users are being affected by a bug which is causing them to ‘unfollow’ fellow tweeters without their permission.
The microblogging company has now admitted that there is a problem. A Twitter
spokesman said: “This is a bug, and our team is working to fix it.”
The bug is causing Twitter users to randomly unfollow people without account
holders’ prior consent or knowledge. Twitter has advised affected people to
visit its support
page and go to fellow tweeters’ profile pages to check whether they
are still following them or not.
Labour MP and fanatic tweeter, Tom Watson, has been affected by the bug and tweeted:
“I thought I was doing something wrong,” and then linked to an
advice column on the
topic, published by Jeremiah Owyang, a technology industry analyst
writing for TechCrunch.
Owyang wrote: “I wonder how many businesses, personal, and casual
relationships are strained by the bug haphazardly unfollowing. It causes us
to give pause and question the stability of the Twitter infrastructure,
usage of my personal data and social network, and what important messages I
may have missed from my trusted Twitter network.” Read Here
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