Your Follower Count is about to Drop - Twitter to Remove Locked Accounts from Follower Lists
Follower counts on social media platforms carry significant
weight in current times, with people managing to build entire careers based off
the number of people watching their accounts. These individuals often become
influencers and advertisers, which makes it highly important for both the
consumer and commissioning company that such figures are actually accurate.
Twitter seem to share this concern and wider desire for
increased transparency, as they recently announced plans to remove locked
accounts from follower counts across profiles globally. As a result, the number
of followers displayed on many profiles may go down.
Accounts become locked when Twitter detect sudden changes in
account behaviour, at which time they reach out to the owners of the
accounts in question. If the account owner is unable to validate the
account and reset their passwords for whatever reason the account remains
locked, and obviously serves no purpose for those they follow from this point
forward.
As for how many followers an individual user can expect to
lose, Twitter asserts, “Most people will see a change of four followers or
fewer; others with larger follower counts will experience a more significant
drop. We understand this may be hard for some, but we believe accuracy and
transparency make Twitter a more trusted service for public conversation.”
While this move will undoubtedly prove frustrating for some
who perhaps didn’t realise just how many locked or inactive accounts were on
their follower lists, it is a necessary step if Twitter is to become the
transparent, safe and reliable hub it is envisioned to be.
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Your Follower Count is about to Drop - Twitter to Remove Locked Accounts from Follower Lists
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