Twitter has changed the way it allow users to do.
With this
new rule if you have less than 5,000 followers you will
be allowed to follow up to 5,000 other accounts.
If you have more than 5,000 followers you will be allowed to
follow an additional 10% of the total number of followers.
For example, if you have 5,000 followers you will be
allowed to follow additional 500 accounts before you’re
blocked from following more.
If you have 10,000 followers, you will be allowed to
follow additional 1,000 accounts.
In the past you were only allowed to follow up to 2,000 more
accounts that the amount following you back before you’re
blocked from following more.
The new rule will allow you to follow more accounts
the more followers you have. So, as your followers grow the
more you will be able to follow and grow your following
base.
Once you reach the max follow number, you may need to wait
until your account has more followers before you can follow
additional accounts.
This number is different for each account and is
automatically calculated based on your unique ratio of
followers to following.
Daily Follow Limits:
There were also new rules in place that define how many
accounts you can follow in one day.
-Un-Verified
Accounts:
Every un-Verified Twitter account will now be limited to
following up to 400 accounts per day.
-Verified Twitter
Accounts:
Verified Twitter accounts are able to follow up to 1,000
accounts per day.
Direct Message (Daily Limits):
Direct Messages is limited to 1,000 messages sent per day.
Tweets (Daily Limits):
Tweets will be limited to a total number of 2,400 per day.
The daily update limit is further broken down into smaller
limits for semi-hourly intervals. Retweets are counted as
Tweets.
Why are these limits being imposed?
Twitter imposed these limits to alleviate some of the
strain on the behind-the-scenes part of Twitter and reduce
downtime and error pages.
They hope that this will improve the reliability on
the system.
Sources:
Twitter Policies page
Tweepi
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