Missing from Find People search – Twitter Bug

There is a bug in Twitter!!!

Yes, that’s right. You can read more about this here.

A few days, I casually searched for myself using my username on Twitter’s people search. I was taken aback to find that my name did not appear in there. Then I searched using my full name and still there were no results. For a minute, I felt as if I was blacklisted. Then I wondered as to why should Twitter blacklist me. I had always ensured that I followed their rules and policies.

I kept searching for any bugs that were there on Twitter in their help pages for a long, long time but couldn’t find one. Finally I convinced myself that my account might have been removed from their search results for some odd reason that I couldn’t figure out but which they were pretty sure was right.

It was today that I once again searched their help pages, just to check if there was any updates and I came across the above help article which talked about this issue as a bug in their system.

I am so relieved now.

The above said article is for people who are not appearing when you search with your username and your complete name on Twitter people search.

In case you are appearing in Twitter search results when you search with your username, you should refer to this article.

What should I do if I am experiencing this bug?

Immediately go to the first article that I have mentioned at the beginning of the post and log your comment there and don’t forget to mention your username and the time since when you are experiencing this problem. The engineers at Twitter are working on this issue and should be able to rectify it soon.

If you are on Twitter, it is also important to ensure that you follow their guidelines. You can find their terms of service here and the Twitter rules here.

Any inappropriate use of Twitter could result in your tweets falling off the timelines or, your details being pulled off the search results. You account might even get blacklisted.