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leereeves on March 30, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Someone bought my Twitter account 10K fake/bot fol...

Except follower counts motivate active users to stay on Twitter. For some people, Twitter is a social game and follower counts are the score.

HenryBemis on March 30, 2018 [–]

Plus advertisers need some tangible metrics in order to distribute their ads (and the $ that comes with it).

If followers would cease to exist, half of the emptiness/vanity accounts would also cease to exist (and that is not a bad thing imho).

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