From it’s counts of user’s followers, Twitter says it will begin removing suspicious accounts.
Twitter said on a post that “We are committed to building trust and encouraging healthy conversation on Twitter. Follower counts should be meaningful and accurate. We are removing locked accounts from follower counts.”
Twitter users are likely to see a reduction in their follower counts in the coming days. For many, this will amount to a reduction of four followers or less. But large accounts of celebrities and public figures could see bigger drops.
Due to this, the Twitter users are witnessing a reduction in the number of followers in coming days. For few it is not a problem but for celebrities and public figures who are suffering with bigger drops are nervous.
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On Wednesday, the company said that the move will not affect its number of monthly or daily active user figures. In the first three months of the year, it had 336 million active users.
It is clearly evident that Twitter has been working to remove fake accounts, bots and abusive posts from its service.
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