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Twitter has a weird new glitch that is messing with the retweets, likes and even notifications in some cases. And from what it looks like, the issue is global. Essentially, since a few hours, users on Twitter have been seeing the number of likes and retweets fluctuate continuously. Of course, the ones who are seeing a reduced count are more upset than the others. [caption id=“attachment_5905971” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”]  FILE PHOTO: People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo - S1AEUIXLWVAA[/caption] While some users are speculating Twitter taking away the likes from their tweets, some are wondering if Twitter is mass suspending accounts on the platform.
twitter please stop taking away the likes on my tweets they're all that I have
— sloane (sîpihkopiyesîs) 🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩 (@cottoncandaddy) February 12, 2019
Though Twitter hasn’t revealed what’s causing this issue, it did announce a few hours ago, that it is aware of the issue and is working on a fix.
The issue seems to be going on for the last 24 hours. The tweets below shows how erratic is the counter on tweets.
Here’s the word thing happening with Twitter right now (they said they’re going to fix it)
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) February 12, 2019
Look at the likes and retweets. pic.twitter.com/TAPOXhoziM
Meanwhile, there is a camp of Twitter users who have been insinuating conspiracy theories behind this glitch.
This is EPIC! I tweet about possible manipulation causing loss of RTs.
— Utkarsh Anand (@utkarsh_aanand) February 12, 2019
Hours later, @Twitter, @TwitterIndia makes over a thousand RT disappear from the other tweet too.. From 1045 RT at 8.05 PM to 474 at 8.06.
Is @twittwr a neutral platform or a platform to neutralise some? pic.twitter.com/V12sM9xiEe
So here’s what @twitter can do in a day’s work to one RW tweet. Reduce 1200+ RTs to 500. Then again bring-down 1000+ RTs to 700+.
— Nupur Sharma (@NupurSharmaBJP) February 12, 2019
No wonder @jack has been summoned by Parliamentary Committee. This is fraud and calls for serious investigation!
cc: @ianuragthakur pic.twitter.com/p0VMHwPziX
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