I gain followers on Twitter every day…. and somehow, EVERY TIME I LOOK, I have less.
It’s so UNBELIEVABLY frustrating.
What am I doing to make all of these people unfollow me? I mean… I’m pretty sure they know what they’re signing up for when they follow me, right?
I lost like 30 followers in an hour once – on a day I DIDN’T EVEN POST ANYTHING. Additionally, a bunch of people tell me they NEVER see my tweets even when I do!
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!
How is it that I gain followers every day, and still manage to have less every time I look? https://t.co/zf2yCUk6mK
— Ashley “Kimber” D. (@RedIsTheNewPunk) October 30, 2018
Nick Short explains. And UGH.
Tired of twitter screwing around w/ my account. I can’t think of an easier way to get people to quit using your platform than to artificially fuck with their follower count, limit their visibility & reach, & then tell the user that they are full of shit when shown the evidence.
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) October 30, 2018
The most insidious part about this is that instead of outright banning you, Twitter slowly but surely bleeds your account of followers while removing you from their timelines to make it appear as if you’re doing something wrong when you haven’t ran afoul of any policies.
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) October 30, 2018
It’s a great business model to get those whom your company despises ideologically off of your platform without having to outright “ban” them. It’s also an excellent way to frustrate people into giving up and quitting the platform as there is literally nothing a user can do right.
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) October 30, 2018
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) October 30, 2018
That’s the goal. They want you to feel exhausted. They want you to hate the platform. They want you to see how they discriminate in hopes that you quit.
— Such Were the Joys (@laughing_ginger) October 30, 2018
Indeed. And they’re winning.
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) October 30, 2018
You know the ONE time Twitter let a bunch of people see a Tweet of mine?
When I had #BeersforKavanaugh, and a bunch of libs hoped I’d get raped.
They were all about that.
Cool.
Well, you know what?
I’m not giving up. I might not win… but I’ll certainly put up my best fight.
SO I’M STILL AT IT, YA FILTHY ANIMALS.