Metaplatforms Inc.‘s META Facebook Users on Wednesday complained about losing their followers for no apparent reason — even META CEOs Mark Zuckerberg was not spared.
What happened: Due to a bug affecting users worldwide, Pile of sugar lost over 118 million followers. Many users reported similar issues where their friends lists dropped significantly with no concrete explanation from the social network. reported meshable.
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Social media commentator Matt Navarra tweeted, “Mark Zuckerberg lost about 119 million followers on Facebook or more likely…a mistake.”
Zuckerberg reportedly had more than 119 million followers, which dropped to 9,997.
Mark Zuckerberg has lost around 119 million followers on Facebook
Or more likely… a mistake pic.twitter.com/ocaP5fwKzj
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) October 12, 2022
Novelist Taslima Nasreen tweeted, “Facebook created a tsunami that wiped away my nearly 900,000 followers leaving only about 9000 on the shore. I kind of like Facebook’s comedy.”
Meta soon recognized the error and stated that it was taking steps to fix things, but did not elaborate on how or when the error occurred, the report said.
“We know that certain users’ Facebook accounts are showing inconsistent follower counts. We regret any inconvenience and are working to get things back to normal quickly,” a meta spokesperson told PTI, according to the Mashable report.
Meta didn’t respond immediately gasoline ga‘s request for comment.
On Thursday it looked like the bug was fixed. At the time of writing, Zuckerberg’s follower count was 119,233,840.
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