Possible Follower Count Bug

[mvandeberg]

steemit/steem#671

As stated I just noticed the number of people I am following is now showing as 61 (instead of 753). If I click on the link it only allows me to view 61 names. I have already had one user asking me why I unfollowed. I am assuming this is a bug? My follower number has not changed. Here is a post I made about this. It seems I am not the only experiencer of this issue:

https://steemit.com/steemit/@thecryptofiend/possible-bug-over-90-of-people-i-am-following-have-vanished-since-the-fork-down-from-753-to-61

I thought I should let you all know ASAP. Thanks.

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I see the same issue. My profile cycles between 143 and 1034 people followed.
If I hard refresh my profile page it shows 1034 for a moment, before changing back to 143

[svk31]

I'm unable to reproduce the issue.

[thecryptofiend]

Thanks - Yes it only seems to occur when you view your own page - others can see the correct numbers.

[svk31]

Ok that does help and I can reproduce it by forcing the user. @jcalfee It's caused by the fact that FollowSaga is initiated twice for your own user upon login. You can reproduce it by forcing the current user here: https://github.com/steemit/steemit.com/blob/develop/app/redux/User.js#L73

Just insert this line payload.username = "thecryptofiend"

This will be partly fixed by #772 (the count will be correct), but the Map still needs to contain all the followers so this issue needs to be fixed too.

[thecryptofiend]

@svk31 Thank you for your assistance. I am clueless when it comes to programming so thank you for explaining it. I think most of us were worried in case we would not be able to get the followers back!