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Regarding the follow/unfollow technique, I think they're cracking down on follower churn, too. (follow a bunch, unfollow the non-followbacks)
I have an experimental account and I noticed a few things on it:
- They'll suspend it now after about 500 "events" per day. It's easy to get back, but it's definitely better to avoid it by tapering off after a few hundred clicks.
- They're messing with numbers. I can start with, say, 1000 following, 1000 followers. I can follow 500 people, come back in a few hours, see notifications for 50 new follows and be at 1001 followers. I'm not crazy, they're deliberately messing with the numbers. It does not happen on a "real" account.
In case it helps, for my experimental account I chose the niche of sports and I play around to see what causes engagement, follow backs, etc. I've had it going for about 18 months and the follower churn crackdown has been in the past 4 months or so. I see about one followback per 10-20 follows (per 10 being a good list, per 20 being untargeted.) Curious what sort of returns you guys see.
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