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07-11-2018, 11:08 PM
Twitter will remove millions of accounts from follower numbers 'to build trust'
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Some of Twitter's most popular users may soon start losing a lot of followers.
The company announced Wednesday that it will begin removing millions of inactive accounts from users' follower numbers in the interest of "building trust." This means nearly all Twitter users will see at least small declines in their follower counts this week, and higher-profile accounts could see significant drops.
SEE ALSO: Twitter actually followed through on upping its fake-account-banning game (http://mashable.com/2018/07/06/twitter-bans-accounts-mau-decline/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
All in all, the update will remove "tens of millions" of accounts from users' follower number and impact around 6 percent of all follows on Twitter, according to a spokesperson for the company. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/11/twitter-removing-followers-locked-accounts/)
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Some of Twitter's most popular users may soon start losing a lot of followers.
The company announced Wednesday that it will begin removing millions of inactive accounts from users' follower numbers in the interest of "building trust." This means nearly all Twitter users will see at least small declines in their follower counts this week, and higher-profile accounts could see significant drops.
SEE ALSO: Twitter actually followed through on upping its fake-account-banning game (http://mashable.com/2018/07/06/twitter-bans-accounts-mau-decline/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
All in all, the update will remove "tens of millions" of accounts from users' follower number and impact around 6 percent of all follows on Twitter, according to a spokesperson for the company. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/11/twitter-removing-followers-locked-accounts/)
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