Developer's Mind » Twitter http://developersmind.com Creative Rumblings of a Workaholic Developer! Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:10:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha Twitter Correcting Follower and Following Counts http://developersmind.com/2009/07/24/twitter-correction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=twitter-correction http://developersmind.com/2009/07/24/twitter-correction/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:26:46 +0000 Pete Mall http://www.developersmind.com/?p=96 Continue reading →]]> If you noticed a significant drop in your twitter followers then you are not alone. Twitter announced that it pushed out an update to fix the follower and following counts which have been inconsistent for some time. Your follower and following counts should now be consistent with the corresponding numbers from the followers and following pages. Twitter also purged a lot of spam accounts so that may also cause a drop in your followers.

Twitter wrote:

For some time, the follower and following counts we display have been incorrect for some folks. We’re soon to push a change that will address this issue. This means that the count you see in your sidebar should match what you see on your follower and following pages.

However, a consequence of this change is that follower counts will drop for some people. In particular, those with large followings may see significant changes as we correct for spam accounts and data inconsistencies. No legitimate followings should be affected—we’re just cleaning up artifacts in the system.

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