Twitter Avatar and Background Lost
Twitter users woke up today morning (or night at some places of the world) to notice that their Twitter Logo and Background have disappeared and replaced by a new Twitter default bird logo and twitter background. What really happened?
I made a quick search and see that Ben Parr from Mashable has already placed some updates about this issue which is confusing almost every twitter users. In fact even I woke up today morning (Mauritius) and was confused that my Twitter avatar was changed. I at first thought about a Twitter account hack but then quickly put the idea aside as I was able to login.
Apparently the whole fuss is from a bug from Twitter itself. Alex Payne from Twitter has tweeted about the issue stating that:
“Many people in my timeline suddenly have default user icons. This is probably not intentional. I have inquired with colleagues.”
I should point out that NOT ALL Twitter users are affected by the bug as I checked the account of IC author Priscus just now and saw that her account is working fine with her own customised background and avatar.
And below are two Twitter updates about the issue:
We’re working on a bug whereby the default avatar is showing up for users who have previously uploaded their own image. We hope to resolve this soon.
Update (5:30p): We’ve identified the root cause of this problem and expect the issue to be resolved within the next several hours.
On my side I have already RE-uploaded my Twitter avatar but I’ll keep the default reseted background to see if Twitter will return back the customised background as soon as they fix this problem. Is you Twitter account affected too?
Edited by Kurt Avish on Sep 18, 2009 | 794 views
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was also affected…… and feel that’s totally freaky!
I also first thought my a/c was hacked… ……ended up re-uploading both my avatar and background! I don’t feel I’ld have been able to bear with the (yet nice) blue clouds!!
.-= MetroBoy´s last blog ..Taylor Swift – Kanye West VMA incident =-.
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my page.. ^^
pink.. >.< =-.
.-= houzhou´s last blog ..houzhou: @Morinn i had got a nice colour!!
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So long as Twitter keep releasing untested software like this, in this way, then they’re never going to make it a truly profitable service.
Why won’t they sell to Google! Do it damn you!
.-= Jon´s last blog ..Amish Rake Fight! =-.
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lol i guess it affected people who make an abuse of twitter hihi
.-= priscus´s last blog ..UOM Student Union Election 2009/2010 Cafetaria Incident =-.
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I didn’t notice it… Right now it seems to be back?
Regardless, Twitter of late has been pathetically slow to respond to client API requests. Manytimes it times out
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@dapie007 @sebaskeller hier info over twitter icoontje http://bit.ly/1Mzuc
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Twitter Avatar and Background Lost http://bit.ly/xwr1t
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@thewinesleuth twitter changed default, messed things up http://is.gd/3oZ1Y also appears 2 affect different clients differently
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twitter background avatar problem http://digg.com/u1CiNB
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@PeckBobb @tunstetb happened to lots of people… http://bit.ly/xwr1t
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RT @tweetmeme Twitter Avatar and Background Lost http://bit.ly/xwr1t
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@hpneilson I was affected too, outrageous. http://bit.ly/xwr1t
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@sylamore1 http://bit.ly/6yDFu http://bit.ly/1EEvM
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Have you noticed that some twitter avatars (perhaps your own) have turned default? http://is.gd/3qhaK
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@raulfonseca Pois.. não é por vontade própria! http://bit.ly/xwr1t
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