Some time yesterday afternoon, Twitter's systems wreaked havoc on many people's follower/following counts, and the company has neglected to explain why. A few observers blamed Twitter's recently beefed-up anti-spam bot for doing the damage, but Twitter has denied this is the case. All we've heard from the company, however, in its most recent update, is that "we're still putting follower/following relationships back into place," and that "there will be inconsistencies over the next several hours."
Meanwhile, some, like the blogger Louis Gray, have had tweets they didn't write go out in their name. While this doesn't seem to be a widespread problem, it is certainly not okay, even if it is funny. In an ironic twist, Louis Gray's ghost tweet, actually from a user named Tocaya, said the "Internet needs to be faster and more consistent. Web apps are not yet 100% trustworthy."
Indeed.
(Note: Some numbers in this story, specifically those in the first sentence are patent lies. I never had 100,000 followers. I had 10,000).