Twitter Follow Limits
Why can’t I follow anyone on Twitter? Has Twitter told you that you can’t follow anyone else?
Like many sites, this social networking site uses a formula for determining how many people you can follow. Much like measuring ingredients for a cake, if your ratios are off, it just doesn’t work.
Basically, you can follow up to 2,000 people. Then you can’t follow any more until there is a balanced ratio of people that follow you back. Each account can technically follow up to 1,000 people a day. That said, you could get suspended if you regularly follow/unfollow a lot of people.
Twitter doesn’t publish the exact ratio, but several message board posts have formed the consensus it’s 10%. How this works, if you follow 2,000 people, 1,800 must follow you back. So you must always have only a 10% difference if you follow more people than those who follow you.
Visit Twitter support for more information on Twitter follow limits. If you are looking for more folks to follow, consider the mRELEVANCE team!
Mitch Levinson – mRELEVANCE
Carol Flammer – AtlantaPR
Mike Rieman – HuddyBud
Sarah Walraven – SarahEWalraven
Keith Senkowski – KeithSenkowski
Comments
August 12th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
It shouldn’t matter for most folks. I can’t fathom how someone could realistically follow 2,000+ users. I only follow 350ish and I still miss a lot of good stuff from them.
August 17th, 2010 at 12:06 am
Hey Mickey:
Thanks for the insight. It is always great to have you chime in. I actually just built lists for the 2000+ people I follow and it really helps me to participate in a more meaningful way. You may want to try it. It takes time, but is so worth it.
Carol