Twitter cleans followers


Twitter cleans followers


As of this afternoon, 6% of frozen accounts will disappear on the platform



Twitter has taken the broom for a walk and has done general cleaning on its platform. As of this afternoon, the number of followers of the microblogging network accounts will decrease .

The reason is that the platform will not count frozen accounts with the "goal of making the number of followers more real," says Twitter.

This is a new step to be "more transparent" and "it is a global exercise that will update the number of followers of all users in the world," the company explains to Innova +.

Most users will see a reduction of 4 followers or less, "but others with more followers may experience a more significant decline," they say. A change centered on "frozen accounts" and "that have nothing to do with spam and bots," emphasize Innova +.

In May 2018, Twitter identified more than 9.9 million spam or potentially automated accounts per week. A significant increase from 6.4 million in December 2017 and 3.2 million in September of the same year.

However, this action is focused on frozen accounts. Users who have not complied with several points of the Twitter regulations. «If we detect significant changes in the behavior of an account we can freeze it and contact the owner to confirm if he still has control over it.

These behavior changes can include tweeting a large volume of unsolicited responses or mentions, tweeting deceptive links, or if a large number of accounts block an account after you mention them. "

The first step, according to sources consulted by Innova + , is the receipt of an email to confirm the identity of the user and reset their password. «If the identity is confirmed, the account will unfreeze», they point out.

Until now, when Twitter was freezing an account, it did not eliminate it. "We want to emphasize that this is not censorship," they emphasize Innova +. "We know that this adjustment may come as a surprise to some, but we are convinced that accuracy and transparency are fundamental when it comes to making Twitter a safe and reliable place for public conversation," they add.

As explained by Twitter, the elimination of frozen accounts of the followers figures has no impact on the Active Monthly Users or the active Daily Users since the accounts that are in this status of "freezing" that have not reset their password in more than a month are not posted to Daily or Monthly Assets.

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