Re: [twitter-dev] The most shameful bug a site can have! Fix it quickly before it causes havoc dear Twitter

[Zac Bowling]

So weird. I KNEW something was up. I thought it was just stale memcache data
and it would expire.

I've been jacking around this script all week and what I was getting back
didn't make sense: http://gist.github.com/396262

So confused because things weren't adding up. I even sent out tweets asking
if someone else was actually following me or not (eg:
http://twitter.com/zbowling/status/13698520461 and
http://twitter.com/zbowling/status/13653464851 )


Zac Bowling
@zbowling


On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Mark McBride  wrote:

> We're aware and currently working on a fix.
>
>   ---Mark
>
> http://twitter.com/mccv
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:37 AM, nischalshetty
>  wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > TechCrunch Europe reported the bug. I hope you fix it asap. It seems
> > to work! I'm extremely sorry, did not mean to exploit it, was just
> > trying to ascertain if it was true.
> >
> > Once you are done fixing the bug, you will have the arduous task of
> > reversing all the follows that took place by exploiting this bug. If
> > you have an easy way to do that, well and fine.
> >
> > One  thing I noticed, when you make someone follow you using the
> > exploited bug, the "new follower notification email" is never sent.
> > This might be of some help to you in identifying all those who
> > exploited the bug and reverse it.
> >
> >
>

Re: [twitter-dev] The most shameful bug a site can have! Fix it quickly before it causes havoc dear Twitter

[Mark McBride]

We're aware and currently working on a fix.

   ---Mark

http://twitter.com/mccv



On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:37 AM, nischalshetty
 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> TechCrunch Europe reported the bug. I hope you fix it asap. It seems
> to work! I'm extremely sorry, did not mean to exploit it, was just
> trying to ascertain if it was true.
>
> Once you are done fixing the bug, you will have the arduous task of
> reversing all the follows that took place by exploiting this bug. If
> you have an easy way to do that, well and fine.
>
> One  thing I noticed, when you make someone follow you using the
> exploited bug, the "new follower notification email" is never sent.
> This might be of some help to you in identifying all those who
> exploited the bug and reverse it.
>
>

[twitter-dev] The most shameful bug a site can have! Fix it quickly before it causes havoc dear Twitter

[nischalshetty]

Hi,

TechCrunch Europe reported the bug. I hope you fix it asap. It seems
to work! I'm extremely sorry, did not mean to exploit it, was just
trying to ascertain if it was true.

Once you are done fixing the bug, you will have the arduous task of
reversing all the follows that took place by exploiting this bug. If
you have an easy way to do that, well and fine.

One  thing I noticed, when you make someone follow you using the
exploited bug, the "new follower notification email" is never sent.
This might be of some help to you in identifying all those who
exploited the bug and reverse it.