Freaking out because you suddenly have zero followers on Twitter? No, you’re not unpopular.
Twitter temporarily reset users’ follow count to zero and suspended the follow/unfollow feature in order to restore a bug that allowed people to force anyone to follow them.
Gizmodo spilled details on the “Forced Follow” bug, explaining in explicit detail how Twitterers “could force any Twitter user–from Oprah to Kutcher–to follow you.”
Shortly afterwards, Twitter confirmed the bug via its Twitter feed (@Twitter) and on its official Twitter status blog.
Twitter Wrote:
We identified and resolved a bug that permitted a user to “force” other users to follow them. We’re now working to rollback all abuse of the bug that took place. Follower/following numbers are currently at 0; we’re aware and this too should shortly be resolved.
Twitter also noted that “protected updates did not become public as a result of this bug.”
There was a tweet from Twitter at around 1PM ET notifying users, “Follow bug discovered, remedied.”
Source – huffingtonpost
** Updated **
Twitter Followers Restored! Phew 
