Very weird pop up when i visit homepage

[Theclamshell]

When i visit the homepage i keep getting this pop up

 

[cleanup]

When visiting MR.com via Firefox on Windows 7, several dozen pop-ups appear with what appear to be Twitter information and random numbers. Have to force quit/end task to get rid of them.

 

[Theclamshell]

Same, i also have to force quit i only got here because I went directly to the forums and bypassed the home page

 

[hwhalers]

I just got the same thing going to Engadget, on Windows/FF. Strange.

Looks like Twitter's taking the piss ?

 

[DualShock]

Same on Firefox. Could be a bug due to the new Tweet button functionality that Twitter released?

 

[mward333]

I'm getting these Twitter popups too, on Firefox 3.6.8 but not on Safari 5.0. Had to Force-Quit my Firefox too. Tried it several times in the last few minutes. Very strange.

 

[Killerbob]

Me too. Very annoying, and MR should do something about it. they have been hijacked...

 

[celticpride678]

Same thing here. It has something to do with the new Tweet Button because it wasn't happening before they switched.

 

[rpaloalto]

Same here with mozilla based browsers, firefox and camino??????

 

[angelwatt]

My guess would be someone at Twitter was doing some code debugging using the alert function to put up some information. Likely very temporary. I have Twitter blocked so I don't have any issues.

 

[old-wiz]

I had the same problem using Firefox, but not on Opera.
Guess the people who work at Twitter are a bunch of twits.

 

[Eso]

My guess would be someone at Twitter was doing some code debugging using the alert function to put up some information. Likely very temporary. I have Twitter blocked so I don't have any issues.

How do you block twitter, because their **** ruining my browsing on a bunch if sites is kind of pissing me off.

 

[Theclamshell]

yea, its working fine on safari 4.0.4 nice job twitter....

 

[angelwatt]

How do you block twitter, because their **** ruining my browsing on a bunch if sites is kind of pissing me off.

NoScript add-on for Firefox when at home. My work firewall blocks it as well.

 

[old-wiz]

Safari 5.0 doesn't have the problem; just Firefox. This is ANNOYING!!!

 

[rpaloalto]

Seems to have stopped now. I thought MR had been hacked or something.
Stupid twitter, what the hell is wrong with them?

 

[maflynn]

Funny thing is I started getting those on gizmodo. While I'm not here to post feedback with regard to giz, its too much of a coincidence that the same exact type of pop started hitting them too. Odd. It didn't occur on their main page but on the linked articles.

 

[WildCowboy]

Yes, it was an issue with the new Twitter button. Should be fixed now.

http://twitter.com/twitterapi/status/21089801207

http://mashable.com/2010/08/13/tweet-button-error/

 

[DVDxR]

eh... no. Still happening

 

[yellow]

You get what you pay for people.. oh wait.. you don't pay **** for Twitter.