Why is Twitter unfollowing people???

by ShayB
19 replies
I am having an issue with Twitter.

After checking, I am finding out that I am no longer following people whom I have been following for a while. :confused:

Any idea why this is happening????
#people #twitter #unfollowing
  • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
    They are getting rid of spam accounts.
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    • Profile picture of the author ShayB
      Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

      They are getting rid of spam accounts.
      That may be true, but that is not why these people are not being followed by me anymore. :confused:
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    • Profile picture of the author CWreports
      Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

      They are getting rid of spam accounts.
      Whoa Steven, Are you saying Shay's account is spam? I'm asking
      because I've just started on twitter and when I checked out hers
      and a few others they appeared to be on the up & up. Did they just
      recently change their rules?

      Carol
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      • Profile picture of the author Li Weng
        Originally Posted by CWreports View Post

        Whoa Steven, Are you saying Shay's account is spam? I'm asking
        because I've just started on twitter and when I checked out hers
        and a few others they appeared to be on the up & up. Did they just
        recently change their rules?

        Carol

        What Steven meant was that some accounts that Shay
        followed might have been spam accounts that got deleted
        by Twitter in the past couple of days.
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      • Profile picture of the author ShayB
        Originally Posted by CWreports View Post

        Whoa Steven, Are you saying Shay's account is spam? I'm asking
        because I've just started on twitter and when I checked out hers
        and a few others they appeared to be on the up & up. Did they just
        recently change their rules?

        Carol
        LOL I am being a good girl and so are the people I am no longer following and have to re-follow.

        That is why it is so confusing. :confused:
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        • Profile picture of the author sevenish
          Originally Posted by ShayRockhold View Post

          LOL I am being a good girl and so are the people I am no longer following and have to re-follow.
          Hmmmm. I was beginning to wonder if Shay had, in fact, gone black hat
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          • Profile picture of the author ShayB
            Originally Posted by sevenish View Post

            Hmmmm. I was beginning to wonder if Shay had, in fact, gone black hat

            Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Never!
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            • Profile picture of the author sevenish
              Originally Posted by ShayRockhold View Post

              Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Never! :rolleyes:
              I was teasing you, Shay. I think it's a perennial Twitter twitch. As I mentioned above, I've had it happen numerous times over the past year or so.
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              • Profile picture of the author ShayB
                Originally Posted by sevenish View Post

                I was teasing you, Shay.

                I know you were just teasing. I should have used a happy emoticon.
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  • Profile picture of the author sevenish
    Shay, I've been following some people for over a year and recently had to re-follow them. I'm not sure why unless it's because I was inactive for most of a year due to personal and family issues.
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    • Profile picture of the author ShayB
      Originally Posted by sevenish View Post

      Shay, I've been following some people for over a year and recently had to re-follow them. I'm not sure why unless it's because I was inactive for most of a year due to personal and family issues.
      I am really confused. I have had to re-follow some people more than once. :confused:
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      • Profile picture of the author sevenish
        Originally Posted by ShayRockhold View Post

        I am really confused. I have had to re-follow some people more than once. :confused:
        I've had that happen as well, but not since last year. I was thinking that one guy had blocked me or something
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  • Profile picture of the author Dana_W
    You could always email Twitter and ask them. Couldn't hurt. It takes a few days but they will get back to you - I mean maybe not this week, because of Xmas, but the sooner you email them the sooner you'll get an answer.
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    • Profile picture of the author Christie Love
      Originally Posted by Dana_W View Post

      You could always email Twitter and ask them. Couldn't hurt. It takes a few days but they will get back to you - I mean maybe not this week, because of Xmas, but the sooner you email them the sooner you'll get an answer.
      Dana,

      I've emailed Twitter on three occasions for the same incident and I haven't heard back from anyone.

      You can try to contact them Shay, but you might have to start all over again with a new account if they don't answer.
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  • Profile picture of the author robocallaghan
    Mail twitter - they are changing some things internally for performance IIRC from a blog post a while back and perhaps they are mucking something up.

    Rob.
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  • Profile picture of the author ChristianM
    As someone said above - we are unlikely to know, your best bet is probably to ask twitter themselves.
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  • Profile picture of the author rs2pl
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  • Profile picture of the author valerieSONORA
    Twitter has some bugs or hiccups. People's DM count has been going up and down magically with no new DMs. Everytime I refresh the page it will either go up or down. I got a notification today Shay was following me. I was about to beat her up for waiting so long, then I realized she WAS following me before lol.
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  • Profile picture of the author Norma Holt
    Dana has written an excellent report on Twitter and well worth getting from her. She certainly know what she is talking about.
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