Twitter Tactics, New Followers When Inactive (2021-08)

By Xah Lee. Date: .

twitter gives you followers when you stopped posting for a few days

Now, let me say what's the twitter business. Am surprised people don't know. But not really, cuz that's what the social media has conditioned people's brain.

First, what's a nobody type on twitter. That's people, who don't have a trustworthy profile photo (e.g. A real face), and or use a name like batman. Who post random, irregular. No care. And in general, such people have just a few followers. Twitter, no care about such people, cuz such people don't bring twitter traffic, and or dont make twitter look good. Many nerd types, especially the conspiracy concerned, privacy concerned, frindge of society, are that type. (and they no care, partly cuz, they tried but can't get over the establishment ways.).

Now, twitter is a money grabbing skum. Basically, the only thing it cares is lots traffic, lots accounts, so it can make more money. Take this as a premise. I can explain or convince why if you doubt that. So, lots of posts, and accounts, is what twitter wants. Now, if you are a average regular poster (just 1k or 2k followers, but not a nobody type), twitter wants you to stay on twitter. When it sees you haven't posted for a few days, it gives you new followers, incentive for you to come back or post again. The way it gives you new followers, is by showing suggestions to others, or by letting your posts reach more people.

But if you do post regularly, twitter does not let your post reach new people, or do much to suggest others to follow you. It follows the usual algorithm to limit and control who sees your post. Only when you stopped using twitter for few days, it starts to otherwise.

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