Eggsistential crisis: Twitter users find avatars missing, replaced with eggs

Is it the worst case of Twitter identity theft ever? On Tuesday, some Twitter users found that their avatars had been swiped and replaced with the all-too-common anonymous egg avatars that everyone begins with.

Twitter acknowledged the problem:

Some avatars are appearing as eggs and users are unable to update profiles. We are working to resolve this. Thank you for your patience!

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) September 4, 2013

And there was much gnashing of teeth:

#Notice: Some users reporting their avatar has gone missing. Report to Twitter via http://t.co/FLJ12faMQw

— TweetSmarter (@TweetSmarter) September 4, 2013

@twitter why am I an egg? Please put my avatar back.

— Max Joseph (@maxjoseph) September 4, 2013

Eggtroversy RT @Liberty_Chick: Some Twitter Users Report Avatar Photos Being Replaced With Default 'Egg' http://t.co/zsrz1mHvMn

— Joe Brooks (@joebrooks) September 4, 2013

Some of the best accounts on twitter are in #EGGpocalypse @kim @JessicaNorthey @TweetSmarter @MarshaCollier @treysat http://t.co/tpN9iKtY6z

— Rock Christopher (@RockChristopher) September 4, 2013

#NSA jokers? In An Apparent Bug, Some Twitter Users Report Avatar Photos Replaced With Default 'Egg' http://t.co/fBcK5rIFWx via @techcrunch

— JoannShields (@weshouldallcare) September 4, 2013

How strange my #twitter avatar disappeared over night!

— Zoe Cairns (@zoe_cairns) September 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/xoebus/status/375147797877907456

Am I the only one looking like an "EGG" tonight in their Twitter Avatar Picture? pic.twitter.com/Fb1YbTajMc

— Pablo Pereira (@PabloWeather) September 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/crooucy/status/375089908194353152

https://twitter.com/WilliamRodgers/status/375078910192410624

Fortunately, as you can see, most of these folks have already gotten their avatars back. According to Twitter, the rest of these poor wretched souls should be able to restore their avis now.

Profile updates have been reenabled on http://t.co/vLeiLJZeKt. Thank you again for your patience!

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) September 4, 2013