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How to Force Anyone to Follow You on Twitter - Twitter hack

This works, I have tried it!

How to Force Anyone to Follow You on Twitter

With a stunningly simple hack, you can make any Twitter user follow you in a matter of seconds. We're all gods on Twitter now.

I have no idea how a hole this large could be left in a service as popular as Twitter, nor do I understand why it hasn't been shut yet. What I do understand, though, is that Oprah is following me right now. So anyway, here's how it works:

• Open the Twitter web interface
• Type "accept username" as in "accept oprah"
How to Force Anyone to Follow You on Twitter


• Wait. You may get a server error, but that means it's worked.
• Check your followers list
• !!!

This command is either a remnant of a system that isn't in use anymore, or it exposes something fundamental about the way Twitter works. (Typing "follow username" lets you follow someone, too.) Either way, ha, holy shit.