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Twitter shows me following about 700 new people, though I haven't followed anyone new.
I first noticed the radical increase in my Following count a couple hours ago, on my account @MYKLbiz. In the past several days, I've followed only a few new people. So I cannot account for 100s of new "friends".
Comparing notes, @LolaRennt not only reports a similar problem, but sees many of the SAME new followees. In the past, we've both given our Twitter name and password to several third-party services. Today, we've both changed our Twitter passwords.
Comparing notes, @LolaRennt not only reports a similar problem, but sees many of the SAME new followees. In the past, we've both given our Twitter name and password to several third-party services. Today, we've both changed our Twitter passwords.
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Inappropriate?Hi myklbiz. I suggest you log a support ticket at http://twitter.com/help
It would probably help Twitter a lot if you could include:
a. actual usernames of people you don't remember following, and
b. actual usernames of people that you and @lolarennt are both now following
Changing your password sounds like a good move. -
Inappropriate?Thanks for the heads up guys, we're looking into it.
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Inappropriate?Hi Myklbiz. May I ask -- did you by any chance try a third-party application called http://socialtoo.com just before this happened? It has an auto-follow feature so I figured I'd ask.
Another third-party application that also offers auto-follow is http://tweetlater.com
Do either of those ring a bell? -
Inappropriate?short answer: I believe a third-party auto-follow web service at least partially explains the sudden jump in my new "friends".
details: long ago i signed up at SocialToo and activated their auto-follow service. later (when Twitter stopped me from following new friends, because i had "too many") i effectively disabled auto-following by changing my Twitter password. eventually, when time and Twitter's API limits permitted, i used Twitter Karma to trim my "friends" by bulk unfollowing anyone who wasn't following me. much later, i happened to change my password back to the old one. i'm guessing SocialToo still had my login info in their database and periodically tried to auto-follow on my behalf. given the sudden jump with 700 additional friends, i'd guess they must have auto-followed my entire months old backlog of unrequited followers.
solution: i changed my Twitter password to something new, then once again used Twitter Karma to unfollow anyone who wasn't following me. unfortunately, this bulk unfollowing did mean i stopped following some people i want to follow.
question: one thing i don't quite understand: if SocialToo was just following everyone who follows me, why did auto-following result in my following count being about 700 more than my followers? perhaps SocialToo was auto-following based on outdated information in Twitter's database?
this experience has left me reluctant to automatically follow those who follow me. if you'd like me to follow you on Twitter, or just to chat, please reply to @MYKLbiz.
thanks to everyone here who replied to my problem.
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