[r721]

TheCounter‏: "We're aware that our service was hacked and have started an investigation into the matter.We've already taken measures to contain such abuse"

https://twitter.com/thecounter/status/841935867925139458

"This isn't TwitterCounter's first time. It's happened before. If you rely on it, it's time to pick better tools."

https://twitter.com/FR314/status/841925814417555460

http://press.twittercounter.com/139716-twitter-counter-accou...

UPD TheCounter‏: "Assuming this abuse is indeed done using our system, we’ve blocked all ability to post tweets and changed our Twitter app key."

https://twitter.com/thecounter/status/841941624238284800

[simias]

What does this service do exactly? Why does it need to have write access to the account if it's only a stat thing?

[dodge141415]

Looks like they run a followers scam as well with the promoted twitter account. How can they guarantee 1% views conversion. They probably make accounts that sign up for their service secretly follow the promoted accounts.

[r721]

I don't know - I don't use it myself. I think many apps require write access to advertise themselves with occasional tweets.

[Swizec]

Growth hacking. It announces what your count is when you use it the first time. Or maybe all times? I forget, it's been a while.

For one reason or another, my account doesn't seem to have done anything shady yet. Pretty sure I've used twitter counter in the past.

[simonb]

It doesn't seem to be limited to just TheCounter https://twitter.com/desantis/status/841952242789974021