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Re:Twitter bug: Make anyone follow you on Twitter by axod on Tuesday May 11, 2010 @01:33PM (#1338617)
I wasn't aware that the feature was public. If it was a public feature, and it was failing to check that the target had actually added you, then sure - it's a bug.

I assumed that it was more of an intentional 'backdoor'.

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Re:Twitter bug: Make anyone follow you on Twitter by chc on Tuesday May 11, 2010 @02:24PM (#1338774)
As far as I'm aware, it's a feature that's meant to allow users to accept followers by text (there's a separate interface on the website for accepting follow requests). The bug is that it didn't check whether those people had actually requested to follow you. That's what articles on the subject have indicated, anyway.
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