Looks like the gimmick is "too fast to follow," so when you attempt to follow them on Twitter they automatically remove you as a follower before you can show up in their follower list. I'm guessing.
I'm guessing they're quickly blocking then unblocking people who follow. That's the easiest (only?) way to remove a follower.
I do this when I want someone to stop following me but I might still want to follow them or I don't want them realizing/caring they're not following me anymore or feel I'm blocking them entirely.
Since everyone seems to have uncovered the trick a new question stands: what happens to your following once the owner decide to go back and unblock everyone?
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[ 4.9 ms ] story [ 28.5 ms ] threadI do this when I want someone to stop following me but I might still want to follow them or I don't want them realizing/caring they're not following me anymore or feel I'm blocking them entirely.
"You have been blocked from following this account at the request of the user."
Gotcha.
Edit: And I wonder if they'll run out of API calls if enough follow it?
Enjoy the surprise in your TL :)