Where Did All My Twitter Buddies Go?

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by monocat • 17 years ago

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quellhorst2• 17 years ago

I lost over 100 followers today.

jacquesm2• 17 years ago

Who cares ? it's just a number in some database.

Your interactions with real people are what counts, not how many packets get pumped around on some serverfarm. If you think it matters how many 'followers' you've got then I would suggest the following businessmodel for twitter:

- 10 followers extra = $1 / month - 100 followers extra = $5 / month - 1000 followers extra = $25 / month - 10000 followers extra = $125 / month

That way you too can be te envy of your neighbourhood.

By making the number public they're inviting gaming the system because peoples egos are involved. Why not capitalize on that :)

quellhorst2• 17 years ago

You are just a number in some database. Who cares if you get banned?

jacquesm2• 17 years ago

I don't think I follow you, care to explain ?

dipankarsarkar• 17 years ago

one failed cloud (memcached) hundreds of wrong follower counts :)

monocat• 17 years ago

Thanks guys for your comments. Shame HN doesn't send notification when a person leaves a comment, or am I missing an option?

Where Did All My Twitter Buddies Go?

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