Since Friday night, hundreds of Twitter users have reported a significant decline in followers. Many users have also used the tool to ask Twitter’s management questions.
Numerous high-profile figures, ranging from politicians to journalists, war veterans to activists, have reported a sharp drop in their number of followers, which has ranged from hundreds to thousands.
Dr. Shahbaz Gill, a former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM), claims to have lost 50,000 followers overnight.
He also requested answers from Twitter’s executives over the dramatic drop in followers.
Wajahat Kazmi, a sports journalist, described the development as “Twitter robbery,” claiming that he had lost 3,000 followers overnight. Amnah Jabeen, Maryam Nawaz Khan, and Shiraz Hassan, all journalists, reported losing 1,000 followers overnight.
Ihtisham-ul-Haq, another spot journalist, stated that Twitter will no longer accept bots or phoney followers. He advised everyone to look at their following.
These followers were most likely phoney or bots, if there was a drop.
Major (r) Adil Raja said that everyone has been complaining about the same issue since last night, claiming that he has lost 12,000 followers in a matter of hours.
The abrupt decline in the number of followers looks to be part of a Twitter clean-up effort to remove bots and fraudulent followers from the network, while Twitter has not published an official comment on the matter.
A similar problem was noticed last month when Twitter revealed that Elon Musk had agreed to buy the company.
Later, Twitter emphasized that the drop in followers was entirely natural and that the business had taken no steps to remove fraudulent followers or bots from the network.
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