Twitter decreases the number of accounts that can be followed per day

Twitter is now starting to implement a new policy related to user activity on the timeline. Social networking is now starting to limit the number of accounts that users can follow in one day. Users who were originally able to follow 1,000 accounts per day, now can only follow as many as 400 accounts only. This policy was created to prevent spammer accounts from developing their network quickly.

Spammer accounts that roam the Twitter timeline indeed often develop so quickly in a short time. They often follow accounts in bulk and aggressively in one day. "Follow, unfollow, follow again, unfollow again. Who did that? Of course spammers. So we changed the number of accounts that can be followed from 1,000 to 400 in a day. Don't worry, you will be fine," Twitter said.

A number of users then provide a response regarding the Twitter policy. They questioned from which number 400 was chosen by Twitter as the maximum limit every day. For ordinary users, these numbers are still relatively large so users are still free to choose accounts to be followed every day. However, this policy will more influence corporate-owned business accounts. Because, not infrequently users who complain about the services of a company via Twitter.

To answer this complaint via DM, the corporation's account must also follow the user's account, so this is where the impact of the policy will be felt. Quoted from Tech Crunch, Tuesday (04/09/2019), Twitter said that the maximum limit was decided through a series of considerations.

Twitter sees this number still within reasonable limits, so it's worth considering. "We see user behavior in following accounts with various thresholds. We choose the number 400 as a reasonable limit that can hinder the development of spam accounts but does not affect legitimate accounts," said a Twitter spokesman. In addition, Twitter has also updated its reporting feature to combat spam accounts and fake accounts in circulation.