Funny jokes follow Twitter bug | Technology | Los Angeles Times. Call it a tempest on Twitter. A bug on the popular social networking site allowed normal, everyday people to get Lady Gaga and Ashton Kutcher to follow them. Basically you could just tweet “accept” followed by “@” and the Twitter user’s name. Check out an example here. CNet's Caroline McCarthy got Kutcher to follow her tweets until the unthinkable happened: Twitter reset everyone’s followers and follower numbers to zero. Before you hyperventilate, it's just until the company fixes th