Twitter question

I noticed that I lost followers on twitter but I figured people who were following me no longer cared to but then I noticed Matt lost quite a bit of followers as well. What's going on? Is anyone else losing followers? Matt no longer has 42,000 followers.

Awe so the mystery is solved...

http://status.twitter.com/post/147887239/correcting-follower-and-following-counts

Quote :

Correcting follower and following counts 4 hours ago
For some time, the follower and following counts we display have been incorrect for some folks. We’re soon to push a change that will address this issue. This means that the count you see in your sidebar should match what you see on your follower and following pages.

However, a consequence of this change is that follower counts will drop for some people. In particular, those with large followings may see significant changes as we correct for spam accounts and data inconsistencies. No legitimate followings should be affected—we’re just cleaning up artifacts in the system.

Jenna, you are always so on top of it!! I didn't even know there was a mystery about twitter followings dropping off and you already solved the mystery. We'd all be lost with out you. If I haven't said it lately.....THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO WITH THIS FORUM.

macigirl wrote:

Jenna, you are always so on top of it!! I didn't even know there was a mystery about twitter followings dropping off and you already solved the mystery. We'd all be lost with out you. If I haven't said it lately.....THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO WITH THIS FORUM.

LOL well I am obsessed with keeping track of everything Matt and have been keeping track of his following numbers so I can track interest in him during the tour. You are welcome!

Jenna wrote:

I noticed that I lost followers on twitter but I figured people who were following me no longer cared to but then I noticed Matt lost quite a bit of followers as well. What's going on? Is anyone else losing followers? Matt no longer has 42,000 followers.

I noticed that too - that mine had dropped. But I had also noticed that the ones I blocked still counted - so it's great that they clean up the real creepy followers - such as porno-pamela lol

LOL Those darn creepy ass porn followers!! seems like I get a new one everyday.

Yeah my followers went down too, but I didn't particularly care. I only use twitter really to keep up to date with Matt.

And yes, Jenna, you do a lot for us here so I second that Thanks!

Lana wrote:

LOL Those darn creepy ass porn followers!! seems like I get a new one everyday.

Yeah my followers went down too, but I didn't particularly care. I only use twitter really to keep up to date with Matt.

And yes, Jenna, you do a lot for us here so I second that Thanks!

I agree on both counts. I also use Twitter mainly to keep up with Matt, and I want to send REALLY BIG HUGS to Jenna for giving us a place to feed our Matt obsession without having to spend hours doing all of the legwork ourselves. You are the best!!