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Twitter changes?

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I got a noticeable increase of “Twitter followers” in the last few weeks. This is amusing (I have a single tweet from over a year ago on my Twitter account, not much to follow there) and it also made me wonder what’s changed. It could be due to recent improvements that make it easier to find people on their network. Or are there other new promotional features that could be the cause of this? There’s also been a corresponding bump in traffic that started a few weeks ago.

Written by Toni

April 17, 2008 at 8:32 am

Posted in Technology

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  1. You cannot deny the Zen appeal of a Twitter account with a single tweet. It’s clear that people are discovering that.

    Jeffrey

    17 Apr 08 at 8:56 am

  2. I think it’s the spammers unfortunately. I have received a number of “x is following you” emails from spammers selling something dodgy.

    Donncha

    17 Apr 08 at 9:57 am

  3. I’ve noticed that too - I have a bunch of people I don’t know following me. I know my tweets are not worth following, so I have no idea why.

    Parand

    17 Apr 08 at 10:04 am

  4. The rise in traffic could be because of the new Twitter iPhone apps that have been coming out? Just speculation of course.

    Mike Caputo

    17 Apr 08 at 10:07 am

  5. I would be willing to be its because you are speaking at Web2.0 on Friday. I’m at Web2.0 and looking forward to your talk. I would very much like the opportunity to meet both you and Matt. Please ping me via my website if you think this may be a possibility.

    Chris Cranley

    24 Apr 08 at 4:41 pm

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