Twitter announced yesterday that they’re doing a massive spammer purge and addressing some “data inconsistencies” between your follower numbers and the number of people actually listed on your follower pages. What this means is that your follower count may see a bit of a drop.
The Twitter status blog laid it out like this:
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.
That’s cool. Less spam. Of course, if you’re one of those people whose self-esteem is linked to your follower count, this may be a sad time for you. Of course, you could look at it on the bright side and take the opportunity to unfollow all those annoying people whose feelings you’ve been trying to spare–until now!
UNFOLLOW FRIDAY!
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