When I logged into Twitter this morning I was happy to see that the number I was following was finally over 2000 – until I realized I didn’t follow those additional Tweeters. Just to be certain I did not follow anyone else today. My followers were sitting at 2009 this morning.
Now they are at 2018 and I didn’t follow any of those nine new Twitter users. There are three obvious potential causes:
- Twitter did it for me
- Someone has hacked my Twitter account
- Some third party tool is following people for me
Which do you think is most likely? My bet would be this one:
Twitter is auto-following Twitter users in our accounts
Why you may ask? Because it makes the most sense and they have a strong motive. Twitter could be selling followers to those willing to pay for the eyeballs. Even if they aren’t doing it now it would make sense that they may start doing this in the future.
I would love to know who those eight new people I’m following are. SocialToo (Twitter) sends me a daily email with who follows me and who unfollows me. Does anyone know of a Twitter app that can tell us?
Watch the number of Tweeters showing in Twitter following and see if it goes up when you’re not following. Then let us know. It would be very interesting to see how widespread this is.
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Twitter: matthewacoleman
June 17, 2011 at 3:29 am
i love socialtoo coz it of its auto-following..great app
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Many of y friends have an account on twitter. They use this to plug their businesses, because they are relaxed and less time consuming. Thanks for your ideas and knowledge with the readers.
Using Twitter for business is increasingly becoming a new trend. People feel relaxed in boosting their business through Twitter.thanks for sharing your ideas and your knowledge with the readers.
Twitter has been very helpful to my business. I have been able to link with so many people. I have new customers for my product, and I have been able to talk with the decision makers for companies just from using Twitter.
lets keep following and tweeting.
thanks for good information here.
Twitter: BTL_Mortgages
June 25, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I am sooo confused about twitter!
I am just starting to understand the difference between followers and following, but feel totally helpless on the matter. I also have noticed that our follow number has changed, but I don’t have a clue why.
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