Having some trouble with Twitter lately? The company has recently confirmed a "follow bug" that causes some users to automatically stop receiving updates from the feeds they follow.
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The admission first came from a Twitter spokesperson speaking to The Telegraph. "This is a bug, and our team is working to fix it," the spokesperson said.
Twitter explained further in a post on the site's support page. If you follow a user, that person may not immediately appear under your account's "following" tab. But if you click on their profile page, the blue box will indicate that yes, you are following that person.
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Many Twitter users have long complained about the unfollowing problem, but it wasn't officially acknowledged by the company until Wednesday.
@tom_watson Twitte's always done it. Worse in recent wks +new confusion viewing indiv tweets by showing not following when you are @LouLouK
— Janet E Davis (@janetedavis) March 28, 2012
Whew, I thought it was my imagination! "Twitter admits 'unfollowing bug'" tgr.ph/HlvMg7
— Jodi Gersh (@jodiontheweb) March 28, 2012
Twitter has ensured its users it is "working to resolve" the bug.
Have you ever stopped getting updates from a Twitter user you could've sworn you followed? Sound off in the comments below.
This story originally published on Mashable here.
