socialmedian: Twitter Status/Wheres's My Followers?

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Submitted by Ophelia

Jul 24, 2008

Summary

Twitter takes out the spammers, and twitter people go nuts over loss of "followers". It's only a number to some, but to others its speaks volumes about their standing. Read the full article

Comments (8)

Thomaspower,

Jul 24, 2008

Your following is your status.

Ophelia,

Jul 24, 2008

right. but how many people can you really communicate with? is it quantity vs. quality?
:O) ophelia

Porch Light Scott,

Jul 24, 2008

That's interesting. I am pretty cautious about who I follow. I only follow people that seem - I was following about 130 and now it's down to 34? I don't get it.

Ophelia,

Jul 24, 2008

twitter today started to clean out the spammers using some sort of algorithm that might of cleaned too well. Not sure what the parameters were for deletion. It seems arbitrary but only you would know by going through your followers and seeing who was spared the cut. I lost about 30, but some of those might have been tagged as marketers or borderline spammers. :O) ophelia

Ophelia,

Jul 24, 2008

Also I set my twitter on private two weeks ago, so that cut down the spammers on my list.

Thomaspower,

Jul 24, 2008

reputation is being defined by who follows you http://www.twitterholic.com/

Ophelia,

Jul 24, 2008

Just like high school, if the cheerleader or quarterback waves at you while you are standing there with your fellow nerds, you all of a sudden stand out as one of the "chosen". :O) ophelia