Comments on: Latest Twitter Bug: “Misdelivery of Direct Messages”

By: Did Your Twitter Tweet Count Suddenly Drop? Twitter Bug? | Thoughtpick Blog

Did Your Twitter Tweet Count Suddenly Drop? Twitter Bug? | Thoughtpick Blog — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:23:29 +0000

[...] this yet another Twitter bug, just like the tweeting up to 250 characters [...]

By: TechDozer » 300 Things I’d Like To See From Twitter Before A TV Show

TechDozer » 300 Things I’d Like To See From Twitter Before A TV Show — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:00:14 +0000

[...] Private Messages. Twitter’s direct messages (private messages) has occasional hiccups. Sometimes they are mis-delivered, as in they go to the wrong person. That just can’t [...]

By: Decision Velocity » Blog Archive » The Art of Trust

Decision Velocity » Blog Archive » The Art of Trust — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:06:23 +0000

[...] nefarious happened recently on Twitter: they actually sent DMs to the wrong people, detailed in TechCrunch. Jason accurately called this a “breach of user trust,” but it was resolved [...]

By: Eau Claire Wisconsin Business & Technology News

Eau Claire Wisconsin Business & Technology News — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:56:29 +0000

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Ok that’s enough Twitter for today. Anyways the service is seeing rapid growth as has been reported much about this past year and even more so with the recent celebrity endorsements from AK and O.
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By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » The Sorry State Of Online Privacy

The Far Edge » Blog Archive » The Sorry State Of Online Privacy — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:49:25 +0000

[...] earlier this week Twitter posted a note to its Status blog saying it was having issues with “misdelivery of direct messages”. In other words, some supposedly private messages were being routed to the wrong users. Given [...]

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Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:48:08 +0000

[...] Latest Twitter Bug: “Misdelivery of Direct Messages” (TechCrunch) [...]

By: Digitalia » Blog Archive » Digitalia#1 - La prima volta non si scorda mai

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:31:49 +0000

[...] L’ultimo bug di Twitter: questa volta è qualcosa di peggio di un “system unavailable… [...]

By: The Sorry State Of Online Privacy

The Sorry State Of Online Privacy — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:21:02 +0000

By: The Sorry State Of Online Privacy | UpOff.com

The Sorry State Of Online Privacy | UpOff.com — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:20:24 +0000

By: Serge Libotte

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:08:30 +0000

Some blame Twitter while I twice received full private conversations in Facebook!
Now I’m quite suspicious using mails in FaceBook.
Btw, I find private messaging in Twitter something the platform is not made for.

By: fun watching the chaos (now in cool spearmint)

fun watching the chaos (now in cool spearmint) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:08:25 +0000

Twitter FAIL
Hype HYPEY
Crap CRAPPY

What is the next site to be executed?

By: fun watching the chaos (now in cool spearmint)

fun watching the chaos (now in cool spearmint) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:54:53 +0000

Doesn’t this suggest to you that these messages are forged and part of a possible larger exploit?

Start thinking hard about this, it’s not very logical otherwise to me,

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:02:34 +0000

Yes, thank you for explaining that

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:04:50 +0000

I got one as well from someone we weren’t following. It also wouldn’t let me delete it saying “you can only delete messages sent directly to you.”

So Twitter’s system knew the message wasn’t mine or even sent to me, yet there it was in the inbox, without the ability to delete it.

Update – It’s now gone.

By: aimee.mychores.co.uk

aimee.mychores.co.uk — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:17:25 +0000

Oh i got that too! I thought it was weird at the time but then i forgot about it. I was like, “Why would i ever have followed you?!” Some kind of art project made with bread??!! lol.

By: Elven Architecture at amdev

Elven Architecture at amdev — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:09:16 +0000

[...] per IP and other safeguards. In game mail, incidentally, is delivered to proper recipients (unlike Twitter DMs O_o I kid, I kid « Programming: Clever is good. Too Clever is [...]

By: Bas

Bas — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:59:37 +0000

Yup. I think they’ve gone too big to really fix the basic problems that are at its core.

By: Bas

Bas — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:58:21 +0000

Haha. Yeah! If you don’t like Twitter, stop paying them for your membership.

Oh wait, it’s for free.

By: turdmeister

turdmeister — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:46:15 +0000

twitter should be ashamed. after collecting all those user fees and advertising dollars, it really should have a better service.

stop paying your service fees and cancel your accounts now!!

By: Twitter ส่ง Direct Message ผิดพลาด | Pantip Guide

Twitter ส่ง Direct Message ผิดพลาด | Pantip Guide — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:39:01 +0000

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By: Twitter: The Best Of The Week (April 18-24, 2009) | Twittercism

Twitter: The Best Of The Week (April 18-24, 2009) | Twittercism — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:27:58 +0000

[...] the past 48 hours, many users started receiving direct messages that weren’t actually sent to them. Twitter assures us that the problem is now resolved, but they’re said that about lots of [...]

By: Shawn Hickman

Shawn Hickman — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:06:26 +0000

Is Twitter really that new anymore? I know the mainstream is just catching wind of it, but they have around for about 3 years now and they are still having these problems. I know there are growing pains with every company, but it seems that there are way too many technical pains going on at Twitter. It’s a simple service that should just simply work.

By: eric

eric — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:02:04 +0000

twitter sucks its overrated

By: Ivan Lazarte

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:28:32 +0000

Ridiculous. How is this service still around?

By: twitterers canada

twitterers canada — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:34:11 +0000

This has really been an ongoing issue.. Twitter needs to hire more real developers