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I'm guessing they're quickly blocking then unblocking people who follow. That's the easiest (only?) way to remove a follower.

I do this when I want someone to stop following me but I might still want to follow them or I don't want them realizing/caring they're not following me anymore or feel I'm blocking them entirely.

Yup I got this message:

"You have been blocked from following this account at the request of the user."

Since everyone seems to have uncovered the trick a new question stands: what happens to your following once the owner decide to go back and unblock everyone?

Enjoy the surprise in your TL :)

http://i.imgur.com/MJvfsdB.png

Gotcha.

Edit: And I wonder if they'll run out of API calls if enough follow it?

What am I missing here?

Yeah I'm feeling a bit whiskey tango foxtrot on this one as well :)

Looks like the gimmick is "too fast to follow," so when you attempt to follow them on Twitter they automatically remove you as a follower before you can show up in their follower list. I'm guessing.

The Unfollowed