Why they unfollow me on Twitter?

By suny
@suni51 (3431)
India
March 9, 2017 6:08pm CST
I am surprised to see that I am unfollowed by lots of new followers who follow me and then next day they suddenly disappear and when I check their profile I see it's not only me but they unfollowed all in their list. Is there any special reason for that or they playing some kind of "Follow- Un-Follow" game. Any idea guys!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
13 Mar 17
Hi Suny.... If they are still newer members, they may have just learned there is a way to un-follow somebody here, as well as clear out their list of followers, too. (I do that every once in a while. When my follower's list gets too unwieldy, I go through it, dropping off everyone I have never interacted with on this site. I figure it like this, if they don't even bother introducing themselves to me, why should I lug them around with me?) I think it is pretty presumptuous of them to follow me but never even check out anything I've written on myLot. I don't KNOW if that is what you've been seeing or not, but it might be part of the explanation! BTW, when you used to be here, I followed you. I just had to follow you again. Why did you drop me from your list? (I'm teasing at you! If there was a reason for you to drop me and I have forgotten it, you can drop me again and I will not follow you, again. Thanks, Suny!
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suny
@suni51 (3431)
• India
14 Mar 17
@DaddyEvil It wasn't you only but I have unfollowed almost all because I had no intention to come back on this site and you know that. As far Twitter followers I follow everyone that follows me whether we mutual interests or not but there certain members with large following they play follow/unfollow game. They suddenly unfollow all their followers to increase their telly allover again.
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Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
13 Mar 17
@DaddyEvil I'm not too bothered about followers at myLot. When I have time to spend here I read what interests me and comment if I have something to say. It may not be the best way to make money, but I feel more honest that way. I do understand your feelings about people who follow us without reading anything we write though. That seems to happen to me all the time at Niume (where I'm currently inactive), because my list of followers is growing but I hardly ever register a new view.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
14 Mar 17
@Gina145 I would never drop you as a follower, Gina! Even if you had never read anything I wrote, I have fun interacting with you whenever our paths cross, no matter whose thread that happens to be on. (I don't drop anyone I interact with on any threads on myLot... whether that person has ever read my threads or not. I stated what I was saying to Suny rather badly, I suppose.) I had not planned on writing any more threads. Then got stuck in Walmart's Photo Lab during a tornado, so the only thing I could do was post a discussion about it. SMH!
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Jlyn
@Jlyn10 (11965)
• Malaysia
10 Mar 17
Maybe they don't like you. You must have done something bad ... again.
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Jlyn
@Jlyn10 (11965)
• Malaysia
10 Mar 17
@suni51 They probably have been watching you and seeing what you have been doing.
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suny
@suni51 (3431)
• India
10 Mar 17
I had yet to do anything before they did what they did.... unfollowed me
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suny
@suni51 (3431)
• India
11 Mar 17
@Jlyn10 Maybe but I have well over 6000 followers so why does it happen with new followers only?
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Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
15 Mar 17
I think there is limit of people whom you may follow. When I was active on Twitter I used to unfollow few people and follow new ones whom I feel are better than I was following. May be that's the reason
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suny
@suni51 (3431)
• India
15 Mar 17
It's not the problem with my account because I am following almost 6-700 lesser than number of my followers.
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Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
15 Mar 17
@suni51 not you but the people who were following you. I have done it several time to unfollow someone and follow another one against it.
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suny
@suni51 (3431)
• India
16 Mar 17
@sjvg1976 I never unfollow anyone on Twitter unless I catch them doing that
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Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
11 Mar 17
I guess they have unfollowed you because you didn't follow them back. I think that kind of thing happens on a lot of sites, not just Twitter.
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suny
@suni51 (3431)
• India
12 Mar 17
Try to see that through "Whounfollowedme" app and see what I mean
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suny
@suni51 (3431)
• India
13 Mar 17
@Gina145 I hope you know how to use this app properly. You have to follow them and then authorized them to access your data. You can check your followers/unfollowers every half an hour but you should allow/login every time.
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Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
12 Mar 17
@suni51 I didn't know that app existed. I just tried it on both my Twitter accounts and it didn't find anyone who'd unfollowed me in the last 30 days. I guess what I post isn't interesting enough to attract the kind of people who hope I'll follow them back.
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Nick R Thomas
@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
10 Mar 17
Some people on Twitter seem to expect an immediate follow-back or they move on to someone else. It may be that they are up to the maximum they can follow (10% ahead of the number following them).
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suny
@suni51 (3431)
• India
10 Mar 17
Yes, I can see reason here but with tracking facility available I always unfollow and block them.
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Lynn
@owlandbutterfly (304)
• United States
10 Mar 17
They're bots.
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suny
@suni51 (3431)
• India
10 Mar 17
I too feel the same or they probably do for a purpose.
naruto
@akp100 (13647)
• India
15 Mar 17
Well, I don't know about yours. But when I was actively sharing all my links everyday I lost few followers because of that. May be they don't like my rapid sharing game.
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suny
@suni51 (3431)
• India
17 Mar 17
Some people think they can get away with their act
Kristen Howe
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
10 Mar 17
Since I've been on Twitter for a long time, maybe you're not active enough or following them back. Since you're not a spambot, I have no idea why. Check to see if they're legit and not a spambot's account.
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suny
@suni51 (3431)
• India
10 Mar 17
I am too active and go there at least twice a day. I think they do it for the purpose of completing certain micro-tasks which requires them more followers than following.
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Kristen Howe
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
10 Mar 17
@suni51 Probably. Don't lose faith.
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PsalmOneCares
@everwonderwhy (7355)
•
30 May 18
What's your "theme" on your Twitter? What topics do you mostly tweet? I don't use Twitter.
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suny
@suni51 (3431)
• India
31 May 18
Link of my articles!
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Shifa
@ShifaLk (17811)
• India
24 Mar 17
Yes. They follow you so you follow them too,. N then they unfollow you. Simply they want followers that's it
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suny
@suni51 (3431)
• India
24 Mar 17
I can understand that but when I see people with thousands of followers following none that puzzles me. I think they are out on a mission of following and unfollowing but with my auto-detection facility I trace their action immediately.
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Shifa
@ShifaLk (17811)
• India
24 Mar 17
@suni51 yeah they just want followers like celebs.