The BugBlog

It Was A Bug That Caused Worldwide Lonliness

If you suddenly felt cut off and alone from the rest of humanity this morning, it was because of a bug. In this case, it was a bug that caused Twitter to quit updating sometime this morning. According to Twitter, it was "a bug triggered by an edge case in one of the core services that powers Twitter." They say it is fixed, so Twitter should be back to its rock-solid, always on performance.

By the way, if any FTC informants are reading this, note that I receive for free something of value from Twitter - as does everybody else. That freebie, of course, is Twitter itself.

Twitter Vs. Facebook Bug

Mashable notes that many people with both Twitter and Facebook accounts saw a problem July 30, where Twitter appeared to take over the user's Facebook wall. It happened if you had the Twitter or Friendfeed app on Facebook. Apparently, it was due to a Facebook bug, which has been fixed. Read more about it here.

Twitter-phishing

C Net has information about a phishing scheme that will attempt to steal your Twitter log-in information by steering you to a site masquerading as Twitter. Be careful - you don't want someone stealing your Twitter log-in information and then proceed to make a bunch of really boring, mundane posts.