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Twitter Limits to 2000 Followers. Could They Charge To Lift The Limit?

Submitted by Infodiva

Aug 12, 2008

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Twitter Limits to 2000 Followers. Could They Charge To Lift The Limit?
August 11, 2008

In my last post, I stated in passing that Twitter had limited accounts to following 2,000 people unless you already had more than 2,000 people you follow. Apparently, I broke this news to some - unwittingly.

Interestingly, Twitter only sort of acknowledged this. It seems people are commenting on it on their own sites, as in here and here.

So, Twitter is limiting to 2,000. Facebook has long been limiting you to 5,000 friends. Is it right?

I can see why they do it. However, are they placing an artificial limit that might get in the way of real networking? On the Internet, it is not out of the question to wish to follow more than 2,000 people. True, Scoble-esque information junkies are used to subscribing to tons of people and blogs.

Hmmm…just a side thought…perhaps this could be something they lift for premium Twitterers…and charge something for it? The idea of premium Twitter accounts has been floated as a way for the company to make some money.

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Comments (8)

Infodiva,

Aug 12, 2008

Hey Biz! The Party is over! Limits never work.

Jasongoldberg,

Aug 12, 2008

This is a dumb move ... keep it growing.

Louisgray,

Aug 12, 2008

Some are saying it's not consistent across the board, but I'm at 2000 and I'm absolutely stuck. Dumb move.

Ophelia,

Aug 12, 2008

it's a ratio. for instance alexalbrecht has 35,000+ follower and only follows 27. But that is allowed because he is being "followed" and not "following", it would not be allowed if the numbers were reversed.
Your Twitter Ratio is the ratio of your followers to friends. It is close to a 1:1 ratio on following Twitters.

Jonasdelosreyes,

Aug 12, 2008

Charging users is definitely not the way to go. Putting this limits will only give users a good reason to transfer to other services like Friendfeed.

Greghollingsworth,

Aug 12, 2008

Good for them.

Jasongoldberg,

Aug 12, 2008

I just don't think this is the right thing to charge for, but I'm sure they are under some pressure to figure out some way to monetize it.

Vincent Wright,

Aug 12, 2008

Could Ophelia be right? Can we verify that it's about ratio versus 2,000 limit? Anyone...?

FYI: I'm still amazed that Yahoo Groups has one group with a membership of over 490,000 registered people - and they have over 8.5 Million groups...
Vincent

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