Twitter: the 1/2 principle

I’ve noticed an interesting pattern with Twitter: for every two new followers, I seem to lose one. Likewise, I seem to follow half as many people as I have followers.

For now, I’m working on the assumption that the extra follower is the result of Twitter spam. One spammer/PR person for every genuine follower: What do you think?

I've noticed an interesting pattern with Twitter: for every two new followers, I seem to lose one. Likewise, I seem to follow half as many people as I have followers. For now, I'm working on the assumption that the extra follower is the result of Twitter spam. One spammer/PR person for every genuine follower: What do you think?

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