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Twitter Corrects Follower & Following Counts

Numbers plummet as a result of the cleanup

123 comments Monday, July 27, 2009

Recently, Twitter announced that they were cleaning out spammers and addressing "data inconsistencies". What does this mean for you, the Twitter user? You might see a significant drop in your following and follower numbers.

Did your Twitter follower count take a hit from this cleanup? Tell us.

Below you can see my modest counts pre-cleanup and post-cleanup. By the looks of it, I had 40 spam Twitter accounts following me. Excuse me while I go wash my hands:

@jmuncy Twitter Counts

Here is the full details from Status.Twitter:

"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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Did you have a big drop with your Twitter account? Let us know.

About the author:
Jeremy Muncy has been a part of the WebProNews team and the iEntry Network since 2003. Follow him on Twitter @jmuncy.

I noticed the drop

While on Twitter last night I noticed my follower counts dropped on both my accounts.

G'bye 41 Spammers!

I dropped from 116 to 75.

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