{"id":1625,"date":"2011-01-28T15:02:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T20:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2011-01-28T15:02:42","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T20:02:42","slug":"my-mostly-stagnant-twitter-following","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/01\/28\/my-mostly-stagnant-twitter-following\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 My Mostly Stagnant Twitter Following"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13814,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/adam-jackson.net\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/10\\\/10\\\/tweetblocker-im-not-as-cool-but-its-so-worth-it&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20130518213434\\\/http:\\\/\\\/adam-jackson.net:80\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/10\\\/10\\\/tweetblocker-im-not-as-cool-but-its-so-worth-it\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 03:12:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-24 12:04:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-10 09:33:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 20:34:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-04 19:45:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-20 04:25:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-29 03:34:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-28 06:16:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-03 11:48:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 18:27:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 18:22:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-16 16:11:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 04:04:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 16:37:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 16:37:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13815,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/5396375380&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190111211610\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/5396375380\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 03:12:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-24 12:04:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-10 09:33:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 20:34:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-04 19:45:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-20 04:25:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-29 03:34:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-28 06:16:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-03 11:48:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 18:27:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 18:22:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-16 16:11:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 04:04:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 16:38:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 16:38:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13816,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/twittercounter.com\\\/compare\\\/adamjackson\\\/6month\\\/followers&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20130317082728\\\/http:\\\/\\\/twittercounter.com:80\\\/compare\\\/adamjackson\\\/6month\\\/followers&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 03:12:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 20:37:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 04:04:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 04:04:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>When I arrived in San Francisco, I had 800 followers. Withing the first month, I had acquired 1,000. The growth continued but it became stagnant. Believe it or not, I had peaked at 3,800 around September of 2009 (just 1.5 years after moving to the bay area). I did an experiment that I very much considered complete bs but if it did work out, I&#8217;d post a blog about it.<\/p>\n<p>Read this post, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/10\/tweetblocker-im-not-as-cool-but-its-so-worth-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TweetBlocker. I\u2019m not as Cool Now but it\u2019s So Worth it!<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I had been hovering around 3,800 followers for a while with very little growth. After running TweetBlocker, I ended up with under 3,000. So I lost 800 that day. Since then, I&#8217;ve been gaining followers back. The funny thing is, I haven&#8217;t gone beyond 3,800. Very odd. The thing is, this graph tells a different story:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"6 Months of Twitter Follower Data by adamjackson1984, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/5396375380\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter pk-lazyload\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"6 Months of Twitter Follower Data\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"284\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4154\/5396375380_6c75b74157_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">According to 6 months of follower data, I&#8217;ve gone from 3,600 followers to 3,825 in 6 months. This is a far stretch from the &#8220;I&#8217;ve been stuck&#8221; argument I gave but let&#8217;s look at that growth from 3,750 to 3,825. See the slow down that happened?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">*Of note, see that jump in October? That was during Blogworld. Networking in person will gain you more followers*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One thing to say is that the amount of new followers I&#8217;ve gained since moving is incredibly low. There are two ideas on why but I won&#8217;t really test either of these.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m tweeting less. The less you tweet, the slower you gain followers. Conversations and &#8220;relevant tweets&#8221; to current events &amp; tech will get you more followers quickly<\/li>\n<li>I am no longer living in the epicenter of tech so my social relevance as an &#8220;expert&#8221; has dropped. This doesn&#8217;t bother me one bit. Just my hypothesis for why I&#8217;ve stopped gaining new followers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What&#8217;s interesting is each day I check Twitter for new followers (since new follower notifications are disabled), I see 5-10 new followers on average yet <a href=\"http:\/\/twittercounter.com\/compare\/adamjackson\/6month\/followers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TwitterCounter&#8217;s Fancy Interactive Graph<\/a> shows an average of +2 followers a day. Some days I lose 5 or gain 5 but rarely are there 7 day stretches where my audience consistently grows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m not concerned but the fact that I hover at 3,800 followers on both occasions makes me think it&#8217;s a glitch. Twitter\u00a0employees\u00a0that follow me will say that&#8217;s bullshit and I&#8217;ll agree. \u00a0So what is it? I really think it&#8217;s coincidence because there is one other theory that I think will prevail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Twitter is killing spam accounts more often and combing out spammers far more accurately than before.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In the past, Twitter killed spam accounts in batches. It happened every few months. I wrote about it before:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>I think a lot of people deal with it because on those random occasions that Twitter purges known spam \/ bot accounts, people complain heavily about losing followers. \u201cwahhhhh i lost 250 followers!!\u201d I\u2019ll check TwitterCounter.com and yep everyone lost a few hundred followers so it\u2019s going to be okay, I promise.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Things have obviously changed. There&#8217;s no huge drop in the past 6 months but there are days when I lose 1-5 followers which is about how many followers I get out of the new 10 followers each day that I think are spam. I get 10 followers, half are spam, twitter takes care of half of them automatically within a few hours\/days\/weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The result is I lose a few real followers (people that tire of my crap) and lose a lot of spam followers constantly and often, I didn&#8217;t get enough new followers that day to replace the once that left (tear) and those that were killed (die spammer!). I am not taking this personally (other than to write a 600 word post about it) but I guess I&#8217;m hoping to find some others in this situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thanks for reading :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When I arrived in San Francisco, I had 800 followers. 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