Comments on: An Adventure Unfollowing All The People I Followed on Twitter (Without a Happy Ending) http://jungleg.com/2009/08/03/an-adventure-unfollowing-all-the-people-i-followed-on-twitter-without-a-happy-ending/ Life is a Startup Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:43:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Denton Gentry http://jungleg.com/2009/08/03/an-adventure-unfollowing-all-the-people-i-followed-on-twitter-without-a-happy-ending/comment-page-1/#comment-2528 Denton Gentry Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:46:23 +0000 http://jungleg.com/?p=902#comment-2528 Even had you kept your original account, Twitter still keeps some state around that can cause issues. For everyone you unfollow, Twitter keeps state that you once followed that person. If you follow them again, you appear down in the middle of their followers list instead of at the top where a new follower would normally appear. This can cause some consternation: they will receive an email that you followed, but it kindof looks like you unfollowed _again_. More details here: http://jetsam.geekhold.com/inconsistent-twitter-follower-sort-ordering-n I suspect Twitter does this deliberately. If unfollow+follow moved you to the top of the followers list, the bots would all do it to try to get more people to follow back. Bots are enough of a problem already, without letting them completely take over the service. Even had you kept your original account, Twitter still keeps some state around that can cause issues. For everyone you unfollow, Twitter keeps state that you once followed that person. If you follow them again, you appear down in the middle of their followers list instead of at the top where a new follower would normally appear. This can cause some consternation: they will receive an email that you followed, but it kindof looks like you unfollowed _again_.

More details here: http://jetsam.geekhold.com/inconsistent-twitter-follower-sort-ordering-n

I suspect Twitter does this deliberately. If unfollow+follow moved you to the top of the followers list, the bots would all do it to try to get more people to follow back. Bots are enough of a problem already, without letting them completely take over the service.

]]> By: Premières difficultés pour Twitter ? | MKT planet - News Web Marketing - Nouvelles Technologies http://jungleg.com/2009/08/03/an-adventure-unfollowing-all-the-people-i-followed-on-twitter-without-a-happy-ending/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 Premières difficultés pour Twitter ? | MKT planet - News Web Marketing - Nouvelles Technologies Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:28:34 +0000 http://jungleg.com/?p=902#comment-2353 [...] pour suivre des personnes. Je vous conseille à ce propos cet autre article sur cette tendance : An adventure unfollowing all the people I followed on Twitter (without a happy ending). La question posée est bien entendu celle de la mutliplication des outils pour un usage proche. La [...] [...] pour suivre des personnes. Je vous conseille à ce propos cet autre article sur cette tendance : An adventure unfollowing all the people I followed on Twitter (without a happy ending). La question posée est bien entendu celle de la mutliplication des outils pour un usage proche. La [...]

]]> By: Mahendra http://jungleg.com/2009/08/03/an-adventure-unfollowing-all-the-people-i-followed-on-twitter-without-a-happy-ending/comment-page-1/#comment-2290 Mahendra Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:55:24 +0000 http://jungleg.com/?p=902#comment-2290 Jorge, Sorry to hear this didn't work out for you. All the best for getting up and running soon. Jorge,

Sorry to hear this didn’t work out for you. All the best for getting up and running soon.

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