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How to follow the unfollowable account (gdpr0000001)

WOWorld_Languages•Created January 15, 2020
How to follow the unfollowable account (gdpr0000001)
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/* Code: */ $.ajax({type:"PUT",url:"/site-api/users/followers/gdpr0000001/add/"});location.reload() The unfollowable account → @gdpr0000001 Check out my website: https://scratchstats.com If you see a "Uncaught TypeError" when you open the console, don't worry, we all see it. Actually, that's the error that causes this account to be unfollowable! You might see that this account was apparently created 20 years ago. Why? Let's see: This account exists because of the new European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which allows most European citizens to request website owners to delete all their data about them. In order to comply with this regulation, Scratch deletes all information about accounts where their owners requested their "right to be forgotten", and changes their username to "gdprxxxxxxx". In some cases, these accounts have profile pages, so they are not considered "deleted". That's why we can see their profile. Something broke because this is a weird type of account, which makes the follow button not work. However, it's just a website issue! The server is OK with us following this account. So this is why this works. Pretty cool, huh? To unfollow this account, change "add" to "remove" in the code (because, of course, the unfollow button is broken as well).

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Project ID359919416
CreatedJanuary 15, 2020
Last ModifiedFebruary 5, 2020
SharedJanuary 16, 2020
Visibilityvisible
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