It was only a matter of time, but Twitter recently released an announcement regarding the correction of follower/following counts.  According to their post,

For some time, the follower and following counts we display have been incorrect for some folks. We’re soon to push a change that will address this issue. This means that the count you see in your sidebar should match what you see on your follower and following pages.

However, a consequence of this change is that follower counts will drop for some people. In particular, those with large followings may see significant changes as we correct for spam accounts and data inconsistencies. No legitimate followings should be affected—we’re just cleaning up artifacts in the system.

So if you notice a drop in your number of followers…no need to worry, you did not do anything wrong.  It is just Twitter trying to clean up some accounts that don’t belong or are not appreciated by the Twitter community. Read the rest of this entry »

OK, let’s clear something up…if you see a tweet on Twitter and the source is listed as “From API”, there is no need to disown that Twitter user as a “bot”, “spammer”, or anything else negative.  While some users might very well be those terms, it is unfair to label all users who have tweets “From API” as fake users.

From the looks of most users concerned with what “From API” really means, nearly all jump the gun and assume the worst…that it is a “bot” account.  Do these users even know what an API is?  From what it looks like, they do not.  For starters, everyone should check out Twitter’s offical page regarding API use and what it is.  This can be found here.

So Why The Hate for “From API” Tweets?

Twitter recently implemented a change where programs who do not list a source parameter in the tweets will be defaulted to post “from API” instead on what it used to be “from Web”.  So what is now happening is programs who do not list a source and are not registered as an application with Twitter will now display the source in tweets as “from API” instead of “from Web”. Read the rest of this entry »

A lot of Twitter users are interested in adding more followers to their account.  Whether they are looking to expand their brand or looking to boost their online ego, the amount of followers can be an important factor in your Twitter world.

There was a recent launch of a new site that will help you add more followers to your Twitter account.  While these type of sites have been popping up more recently, this one has upset some Twitter users because of their own incompetency.

Who To Trust?

One important thing not only on Twitter, but for any site you come across, do not share your login information with anyone you do not trust.  Twitter is implementing something called “OAuth” which is a way for you to allow third party sites to access your Twitter account with your permission.  Using OAuth is a process that will protect your login credentials from third party sites while you still get to use the features and functions from those third party sites.  Basically they never see your password information. Read the rest of this entry »