Upstart Blogger and Twitter have a very rocky history. In the box are the remains of over 700 Twitter accounts, around 100 of which have been suspended for reasons which are not entirely clear, 598 of them are dormant, and 2 of them we use as normal Twitter accounts.

After spending a little time playing with the 598 dormant accounts something quickly became apparent. Twitter has left a massive loophole open that allows anyone to get 10,000 followers in under 1 minute.

Don’t get too excited. This isn’t the presell for a Twitter method eBook. It isn’t even the precursor to a Twitter tutorial. It’s a trick. A trick that can turn a new Twitter account into something apparently magical in a manner of seconds. A trick worthy of Paul Daniels himself.

On Monday we will link to a virginal Twitter account with zeros all around. No followers, not following anyone and no Tweets.

At some stage between Monday and Tuesday that account will accrue over 10,000 followers as if by magic.

Here comes the payoff. The first person to figure out how we did it, what loophole we used and what trickery we employed, will get the login details to the account for their own use. You can use it for whatever you like, you can even sell it if you wish, we don’t care.

Naturally we will post the exact details of the trick, in true Masked Magician fashion as soon as someone makes it obvious that they have figured out what we’ve done. Bear in mind, however, that this is most definitely a trick, not a Twitter method, and we absolutely don’t recommend that you copy it on any account that you value. Twitter, as proven over and over and over again, suspends accounts at the first twitch of skullduggery or slight of hand and whilst we expect our guinea pig account to make it out alive your mileage may vary. Considerably.

In fact, let’s make it a little more exciting. At some stage on Tuesday, probably a few hours after we explain what we did and how we did it, we will publish the login and password so that anyone can grab it and make it their own. All you’ll need to do is be the first to login and change the password.

Take this for what it is. The Twitter equivalent of throwing a stolen lump of sodium from the school chemistry lab into the swimming pool. A flashy, and slightly dangerous, stunt. Nothing more, nothing less.

If you like playing around with Twitter and feel you could use a 10,000 follower Twitter account for any reason whatsoever, be sure to watch the rabbit being pulled out of a hat on Monday and Tuesday next week.

You’ll like it. Not a lot. But you’ll like it.