Twitter Explains Why Some Users Are Losing Followers
3 years, 6 months ago

Twitter Explains Why Some Users Are Losing Followers

News 18  

Twitter has shed some light that some accounts might witness “fluctuations” in follower count from time to time. Recently, several users that include Bollywood actor Anupam Kher and TV journalist Richar Kher claimed they lost hundreds of followers in a day or so. In a day😃— richa anirudh June 11, 2021 Recently, actor Anupam Kher claimed that he lost nearly 80,000 followers in 36 hours. The decision was taken to keep users’ Twitter “account safe” after the company found vulnerabilities with the SMS service. The company had implied that the removal of these inactive accounts will ensure more active and authentic followers on users’ Twitter profiles.

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RCB Twitter account gets deactivated, makes return in bizarre followers issue
1 year, 4 months ago

RCB Twitter account gets deactivated, makes return in bizarre followers issue

India TV News  

IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore's social media platform X account got reportedly deactivated. "We are beyond thrilled to welcome ICC Hall of Famer and T20 World Cup winning coach Andy Flower as the Head Coach of RCB Men’s team," RCB wrote in a photo caption on Twitter. "Andy’s experience of coaching IPL & T20 teams around the world, and leading …

Is Twitter down? Thousands of users complain of issues with social media platform
1 year, 5 months ago

Is Twitter down? Thousands of users complain of issues with social media platform

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Elon Musk said on Saturday afternoon that temporary reading limits would be applied for …

You may lose your Twitter account if you do not log in at least once every month
1 year, 7 months ago

You may lose your Twitter account if you do not log in at least once every month

The Hindu  

Twitter may permanently remove accounts from its platform if those users do not log in at least once every 30 days, according to its inactive account policy. Accounts may be permanently removed due to prolonged inactivity,” said the statement on Twitter’s Help Center page. Twitter CEO Elon Musk reportedly threatened the NPR news company with the loss of its handle, …

Elon Musk says inactive Twitter accounts will be deleted soon, so your followers may suddenly drop
1 year, 7 months ago

Elon Musk says inactive Twitter accounts will be deleted soon, so your followers may suddenly drop

India Today  

Ever since Elon Musk took over as Twitter's new owner, the micro-blogging platform has not been the same. In a recent tweet, Musk has announced that the Twitter accounts that have remained inactive for a while will be 'purged' from the platform. Last month, Elon Musk had confirmed that Twitter will soon allow publishers to charge their users on a …

Twitter to remove inactive accounts, says Elon Musk
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter to remove inactive accounts, says Elon Musk

Live Mint  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk Monday said the social media platform will remove those accounts that have been inactive for several years. “We’re purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years, so you will probably see follower count drop,"Elon Musk tweeted. Earlier, the Twitter CEO "threatened" to reassign National Public Radio's Twitter account to another company, after …

Twitter followers may drop as Elon Musk set to remove inactive accounts
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter followers may drop as Elon Musk set to remove inactive accounts

Hindustan Times  

Social media platform Twitter Inc will remove accounts that have been inactive for several years, CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet on Monday. Musk has made account verification a part of Twitter's Blue subscription, Musk added that users on the micro-blogging platform could see a drop in follower count. Earlier this month, Musk "threatened" to reassign National Public Radio's …

Twitter falsely claims dead celebrities subscribed to Twitter Blue, verified their phone number
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter falsely claims dead celebrities subscribed to Twitter Blue, verified their phone number

The Hindu  

Twitter has automatically verified users with a large number of followers, including dead celebrities, and has added a banner falsely claiming that the deceased users subscribed to Twitter Blue and verified their phone numbers. All of them have over one million Twitter followers, and a banner on their profiles falsely claimed they had subscribed to Twitter Blue and verified their …

Twitter scrambles to fix meltdown as many unable to tweet
1 year, 10 months ago

Twitter scrambles to fix meltdown as many unable to tweet

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Users first noticed the problem …

Twitter scrambles to fix meltdown as many unable to tweet
1 year, 10 months ago

Twitter scrambles to fix meltdown as many unable to tweet

Associated Press  

Many Twitter users found themselves unable to tweet, follow accounts or access their direct messages on Wednesday as the Elon Musk-owned platform experienced a slew of widespread technical problems. Users also had trouble when they tried to follow another Twitter user, getting a message “You are unable to follow more people at this time” with a link to the company’s …

'Sorry for the trouble'- Twitter after global outage; says working to fix it
1 year, 10 months ago

'Sorry for the trouble'- Twitter after global outage; says working to fix it

India TV News  

Twitter users in several countries including India were facing trouble while using the microblogging site on Thursday morning. Twitter Deck services down Several users in India complained of 'Twitter Deck' outage since yesterday and the trouble extended on Thursday morning when other features started not working. Accounts also had trouble when they tried to follow another Twitter user, getting a …

What is wrong with Twitter? 200 mn users' data leaked and sold for $200K on Dark Web
1 year, 11 months ago

What is wrong with Twitter? 200 mn users' data leaked and sold for $200K on Dark Web

India TV News  

Cyber-security researchers have found a data dump comprising over 200 million Twitter users, that was earlier being sold for $200,000. "The vulnerability in Twitter's API, enabled threat actors to input phone number/email address to retrieve the Twitter user ID which in turn enables data scraping," said a CloudSEK researcher. On January 4, a new user on the hacker forum with …

Twitter to free up crores of user names by deleting inactive accounts: Elon Musk
2 years ago

Twitter to free up crores of user names by deleting inactive accounts: Elon Musk

Live Mint  

Elon Musk on 9 December has said that the social media giant will delete crores of inactive user accounts. Announcing in a Tweet, Musk wrote, “Twitter will soon start freeing the name space of 1.5 billion accounts” In another tweet, he wrote, “These are obvious account deletions with no tweets & no log in for years.” Earlier in the day, …

Why is Twitter deleting 1.5 billion accounts from the platform?
2 years ago

Why is Twitter deleting 1.5 billion accounts from the platform?

India TV News  

New Twitter owner Elon Musk on Friday said the company will delete and free names of 1.5 billion accounts that have been inactive for years on the platform. "Twitter will soon start freeing the namespace of 1.5 billion accounts. The "Twitter Files 2" revealed that the micro-blogging platform, under a secret group, made controversial decisions, including "shadow banning" high-profile users …

Seeing Your Twitter Follower Drop? You’re Not Alone: Here’s Why
2 years ago

Seeing Your Twitter Follower Drop? You’re Not Alone: Here’s Why

News 18  

Spams have been at the top of discussion for Elon Musk, even before he finalised the deal to buy Twitter this year. His tweet here claims Twitter is purging a lot of spam accounts, which means users might see their follower count drop. Twitter is purging a lot of spam/scam accounts right now, so you may see your follower count …

Twitter is losing its most active users, internal documents show
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter is losing its most active users, internal documents show

The Hindu  

billionaire Elon Musk mused in April, five days before offering to buy the social media platform. The research also found a shift in interests over the past two years among Twitter's most active English-speaking users that could make the platform less attractive to advertisers. Twitter was motivated to investigate “disturbing” trends among users that may have been masked by overall …

Twitter breach exposed anonymous account owners worldwide
2 years, 4 months ago

Twitter breach exposed anonymous account owners worldwide

The Hindu  

A vulnerability in Twitter's software that exposed an undetermined number of owners of anonymous accounts to potential identity compromise last year was apparently exploited by a malicious actor, the social media company said Friday. The breach is especially worrisome because many Twitter account owners, including human rights activists, do not disclose their identities in their profiles for security reasons that …

Twitter Is Removing 1 Million Spam Accounts a Day
2 years, 5 months ago

Twitter Is Removing 1 Million Spam Accounts a Day

News 18  

Twitter said it removes 1 million spam accounts each day in a call with executives Thursday during a briefing that aimed to shed more light on the company's fake and bot accounts as it tussles with Elon Musk over spam bots. The Tesla CEO, who has offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion, has threatened to walk away from the …

Twitter removes 1 million 'spam accounts' each day
2 years, 5 months ago

Twitter removes 1 million 'spam accounts' each day

India TV News  

Highlights Twitter said it removes 1 million spam accounts each day in a call with executives on Thursday Twitter said on call that spam accounts represent well below 5% of its active user base each quarter Fake social media accounts have been problematic for years including on Twitter Twitter news : Twitter said it removes 1 million spam accounts each …

Cyber fraudsters eye Twitter ‘newcomers’
2 years, 6 months ago

Cyber fraudsters eye Twitter ‘newcomers’

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a new development, cyber fraudsters are now targeting newly verified profiles on Twitter. Within minutes of getting verified, the user receives a message from the ‘support team’, seeking submission of documents and related details. The message either says ‘your verification badge has been reviewed, the account is termed as spam by our Twitter team’, or ‘the blue badge …

Prominent Twitter handles seesawed followers post Musk’s acquisition bid
2 years, 7 months ago

Prominent Twitter handles seesawed followers post Musk’s acquisition bid

The Hindu  

Some influential Twitter accounts seesawed followers as Elon Musk’s acquisition bid moves closer to a takeover. Its analysis was based on a list of 100 influential Twitter accounts, 50 each from the political left and right, each with a minimum of 100,000 followers. Twitter said that the fluctuations in followers count on its platform were organic in nature Listen, I …

Elon Musk effect: Lakhs of users fleeing Twitter and deactivating accounts
2 years, 7 months ago

Elon Musk effect: Lakhs of users fleeing Twitter and deactivating accounts

India Today  

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has taken everyone by surprise. The platform reportedly witnessed “fluctuations in follower counts” from “organic” accounts just after news broke that Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk had bought the popular social network. According to a report by NBC News, popular singer Katy Perry lost more than 200,000 followers on Twitter after it was announced that Musk …

Hackers use hacked Twitter accounts to target users with phishing attacks
2 years, 10 months ago

Hackers use hacked Twitter accounts to target users with phishing attacks

Op India  

Twitter account hacking has, of late, become a routine occurrence. The user shared screenshots of the Direct Message he has received from an account that was presumably hacked and also shared the profile details of a verified account that had gotten hacked after the user had fallen into the trap of the hackers and entered credentials of his account using …

Desi netizens flood social media with hilarious memes as Twitter users lose followers. Best ones
3 years ago

Desi netizens flood social media with hilarious memes as Twitter users lose followers. Best ones

India Today  

Have you experienced a sudden drop in your follower count on Twitter since late Thursday? From congratulating Parag Agrawal about starting his job from the moment he became CEO to expressing how they were ‘hurt’ at the loss of 3 followers, netizens took a funny take on the matter. Me who has less than 50 followers:#bots #Twitter #Followers pic.twitter.com/Cg2V34gh2y — …

If you lost Twitter followers today, then you're not alone
3 years ago

If you lost Twitter followers today, then you're not alone

India Today  

Did you also notice a drop in your Twitter follower count? Many Twitter users in India have tweeted about a sudden drop in their follower count on the platform late on Thursday. Notably, the Twitter follower drop count ranges from hundreds to thousands of users are to be believed. In fact, Twitter earlier this year in June ran a similar …

Sonam Kapoor suggests measures to tackle anonymous trolls after Chrissy Teigen quits Twitter citing negativity
3 years, 8 months ago

Sonam Kapoor suggests measures to tackle anonymous trolls after Chrissy Teigen quits Twitter citing negativity

Hindustan Times  

Actor Sonam Kapoor wondered if Twitter has ‘become too toxic’ after model and television personality Chrissy Teigen announced her decision to quit the platform on Wednesday night, citing negativity. Sonam suggested that ID proofs be made mandatory while creating social media accounts to combat the menace of anonymous trolling. You should need an ID proof.” Moments before going off Twitter, …

Chrissy Teigen Deletes Twitter Account, Citing Negativity
3 years, 8 months ago

Chrissy Teigen Deletes Twitter Account, Citing Negativity

News 18  

Chrissy Teigen has deleted her popular Twitter account, saying the site no longer plays a positive role in her life. “For over 10 years you guys have been my world,” Teigen wrote to her 13.7 million followers Wednesday night. This no longer serves me as positively as it serves me negatively, and I think that’s the right time to call …

Govt. asks Twitter to remove 1,178 accounts
3 years, 10 months ago

Govt. asks Twitter to remove 1,178 accounts

The Hindu  

The Centre has asked Twitter to remove nearly 1,200 accounts related to farmers’ protest that it suspects to be linked to Khalistan sympathisers or backed by Pakistan. Additionally, the government feels that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey ‘liking’ a few tweets supporting the protest raises questions over the platform’s neutrality. “The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has shared a list …

Trump Supporters are Leaving Twitter En Masse After It Bans Outgoing POTUS Permanently
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump Supporters are Leaving Twitter En Masse After It Bans Outgoing POTUS Permanently

News 18  

In an unprecedented decision, Twitter permanently banned US President Donald Trump from their platform on charges of inciting violence. It should be noted that Parler is considered by conservatives as a more ‘free speech friendly’ social media platform as it is vastly populated with hardcore right-wing ideologists. It was noted by the media that Trump’s tweets and public calls made …

The folly of digital followers
4 years, 4 months ago

The folly of digital followers

Deccan Chronicle  

In today’s day and age, a celebrity’s social media following is one of their most crucial assets. However, behind the glaring blue tick and the number of followers that run into thousands and even millions, one wonders as to how many of these followers are organic, or even real. And according to the latest in the reports, actresses Priyanka Chopra …

Twitter confirms hackers downloaded data of 8 high-profile accounts
4 years, 5 months ago

Twitter confirms hackers downloaded data of 8 high-profile accounts

India Today  

Twitter admitted data breach on Wednesday when scammers attacked high-profile accounts including those of Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos et al. The company revealed that hackers were able to download account information of up to eight Twitter accounts. Twitter said that the accounts were "spreading geopolitical narratives favorable to the Communist Party of China" and were deleted for violating …

Twitter says scammers targeted 130 accounts in high-profile hack
4 years, 5 months ago

Twitter says scammers targeted 130 accounts in high-profile hack

India Today  

Twitter on Friday shared details about the platform’s ongoing investigation of the Wednesday incident that left tens of high-profile accounts compromised. For a small subset of these accounts, the attackers were able to gain control of the accounts and then send Tweets from those accounts," Twitter’s security page read. --As part of caution, Twitter has locked some accounts that had …

Experts say Twitter breach troubling, undermines trust
4 years, 5 months ago

Experts say Twitter breach troubling, undermines trust

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A breach in Twitter’s security that allowed hackers to break into the accounts of leaders and technology moguls is one of the worst attacks in recent years and may shake trust in a platform politicians and CEOs use to communicate with the public, experts said Thursday. The FBI said Thursday it is investigating the hacks, and said …

Hackers May Try To Hijack Famous Indian Profiles, Here's What Maharashtra Cyber Advices You Do
4 years, 5 months ago

Hackers May Try To Hijack Famous Indian Profiles, Here's What Maharashtra Cyber Advices You Do

ABP News  

We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools. "It is possible that hackers could try to gain atoms to prominent Indian twitter profiles in a similar fashion," the statement read. The agency has expressed the possibility of such a coordinated …

Twitter locks down multiple profiles after Obama, Biden, Musk have accounts hacked in bitcoin scam
4 years, 5 months ago

Twitter locks down multiple profiles after Obama, Biden, Musk have accounts hacked in bitcoin scam

Firstpost  

Some experts said it seemed probable that hackers had access to Twitter’s internal infrastructure Multiple high-profile Twitter accounts were hijacked on Wednesday, with some of the platform’s top voices, including US presidential candidate Joe Biden, reality TV star Kim Kardashian, former president Barack Obama and billionaire Elon Musk, among many others, used to solicit digital currency. Most of those users …

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