Do You Know the Twitter Limits? - Ian Anderson Gray

Standard Twitter accounts can follow up to 400 accounts per day. If your account is verified, you can follow up to 1,000 accounts per day. Thanks to Solomon (in ... Skiptocontent Tweet793Share134Share43Pin14WhatsApp984Shares Althoughthisarticlewaswrittenquiteafewyearsago,Istillkeepituptodate.  Somenotableupdates: March2019- Twitterannouncesafollowlimitof400perdayor1,000ifyouraccountisverified. November2017- ThenumberofcharactersinaTweethasbeenincreasedfrom140to280 May2017- Updatednumberofdailydirectmessagesfrom250to1,000 October2016 -Mediaattachments,links&screennamesinrepliesnolongercountin140characterlimit  October28,2015 -Twitterhasincreasedtheirfollowlimitfrom2,000to5,000 August122015-Twitternowallowsyoutosenddirectmessageswithupto10,000characters.Thelimitusedtobe140(thesameasstandardtweets) May312013-TwitterupdatesthenumberofTwitterlistsyoucanhaveandthenumberofpeopleyoucanfollowineachlist. January62013-Addedbiographycharacterlimit&Imagesizes January62012-Addedlistsandunfollowlimits TwitterLimitsTable Type Limit Detail MaxCharacterspertweet 280 Expandedfrom140to280inNovember2017.AsofSeptember2016,mediaattachments,linksandscreennamesinrepliesdon'tcounttothecharacterlimit. MaxCharactersperdirectmessage 10,000 Tweets 2,400perday Spreadacrossa24period.Therearealsoseparatelimitsperhalf-hourperiods,soyouwon'tbeabletotweetall2,400inonego.Thehalf-hourlimitisunknownfornow.Retweetscounttowardsthelimit. DirectMessages 1,000perday Changestoemailaddress 4perhour Following 1,819  Above1,819youcanfollowthisnumber+10%. NumberofLists 1,000  Youcanonlyhave1,000lists(thisincludesonesyouhavecreatedandonesyoufollow)BeforeMay30th2013themaxnumberoflistswas20 Numberofpeopleinalist 5,000  BeforeMay30th2013themaxaccountsperlistwas500 Numberofpeopleyoucanfollow 400perday(or1,000forverifiedaccounts) StandardTwitteraccountscanfollowupto400accountsperday.Ifyouraccountisverified,youcanfollowupto1,000accountsperday.ThankstoSolomon(inthecomments)fortheupdatehere. Seemorehere. Howmanypeopleyoucanunfollow Unknown Twitterdoesn'tstatethis,butyouarelikelytogetbannedifyouunfollowpeople aggressively.I'drecommendstickingwellunder400unfollowsperday. MaxCharactersforbiography 160 Maxlengthofvideouploads 2'20" (140seconds) MP4videoformatwithH264formatwithAACaudio.Maxuploadof512MB TwitterIn-StreamPhotoSize 1024x512px Maxuploadsizeof5Mb(or3MbforanimatedGIFs).SupportsPNG,GIForJPEG TwitterProfilePictureSize 400x400px Maxuploadsizeof2Mb.SupportsPNG,GIForJPEG TwitterHeaderImageSize 1500x500px Maxuploadsizeof5Mb.SupportsPNGorJPEG NumberofTwitteraccountsonephonenumbercanbeaddedto 10 SeephoneFAQs TheFollowLimit YoumaybenewtoTwitter,oryoumayhavebeenusingitforalongtimeandhitthefamous"2000"limit.LaterTwitterincreasedthisto5,000. Mostsocialnetworkshavelimitsinplaceforthenumberofpeopleyoucan"friend"or"follow".Forexample,Google+currentlyhasalimitof5,000peopleyoucanhaveinyourcircles,andyouhavealimitof5,000"friends"onFacebook.Thisistostoppeople,businessesorautomatedprogramsfromabusingthesystem. OnTwitter,itusedtobepossibletobulkfollowthousandsandthousandsofpeopleinthehopethattheywouldfollowyouback.ThiscausedmanyTwitteraccountstoabusethisandfollowtensofthousandsofpeoplewhilstnotcreatingengagingcontentandnothavingmanypeoplefollowthemback. Notgood. TwitterlaunchedbackinMarch2006.Butitwasn'tuntilJuly/August2008thatTwitterstartedimposinglimitsonthenumberofpeopleyoucouldfollow. Twitterwashavingmassiveproblemswithspam(asTwitterco-founder,BizStoneblogged atthetime).Therewasalotofbacklashatthetime,andalotofconfusion(seethisZDNetpost onTwitterSpameffortsgoesoverboard andthisblogpostbyBradWilliams on TwitterFollowLimitsAreJacked). It'scommonlyassumedthatTwitterintroduceda2,000followinglimit,meaningthatyoucouldonlyfollowupto2,000people.However,thisisn'tstrictlytrue. TheFollowingRatio Accordingtotheauthor,RobBrown,themagicnumberisactually1,819!Thismeansifyouhave1,819followersyoucanbreakthroughthe2,000limit.Below1,819youarecappedatfollowing2,000people.Above1,819youcanfollowthisnumber+10%(or182).At1,819+10%thismeansyoucanfollow2,001peopleandyouhavejustbrokenthe2,000limit-hurray!This(asRobBrownmentionson Thismeansifyouhave1,819followersyoucanbreakthroughthe2,000limit.Below1,819youarecappedatfollowing2,000people.Above1,819youcanfollowthisnumber+10%(or182).At1,819+10%thismeansyoucanfollow2,001peopleandyouhavejustbrokenthe2,000limit-hurray!This(asRobBrownmentionsonthispost)meansforevery10peoplethatfollowyou,youcanfollow11. Update-fromOctober27,2015,Twitterannouncedtheywereincreasingthisfollowlimitfrom2,000to5,000: Ihaven'ttestedthis,butIamfairlysurethatthesamesystemwillbeusedforthisnewlimit.Tobreakthroughthelimityouwillneedtohavemorethan 4545peoplefollowingyoubeforeyoucanbreakthroughthe5,000limit.Letmeknowwhatyouthink! Personally,Ithinkthisisagoodthing.I'mabitconcernedwhenIseesomeonewithalargenumberofpeopletheyfollow-especiallyiftheydon'thaveengagingcontent.Twitterisaboutengagementandnetworking-itisasocial networkafterall.Havingsaidthat,followingalargenumberofpeopleisn'talwaysabadthing.Ilovetofollownewpeople,particularlythosewhoTweetaboutsocialmedia.ImanagealargenumberoffollowersusingTwitterlists-puttingthepeopleIfindparticularlyinterestingintomy"awesome"list.Lessregularly,I'llcheckmymainTwitterstream,andperhapsaddsomecoolpeopletothislist. Thereisalsoalimitonhowquicklyyoucanfollowpeople.Twitterhasimposedatechnicallimitoffollowing1000perday.Thankgoodnessforthat!However,asthisisatechnicallimit, followingthatamountperdayislikelytogetyoubanneddueto breakingTwittersFollowingRulesandbestpractices(youshouldreadthisifyouhaven'talready).AndsinceMarch2019,Twittersaysnormalaccountscan'tfollowmorethan400or1,000ifyouraccountisverified. UnfollowLimits So,howmanypeoplecanyouunfollow?ThisismoreofatrickyquestionsinceTwitterdoesn'tactuallysay. TwittertoolssuchasSocialOomphandManageFlitter havebeenaskedbyTwittertoremovetheirunfollowtoolsbecausethiscouldgoagainstTwitterterms. TheissueiswhatTwittercalls"aggressivefollowerchurn"i.e.followingandunfollowingpeopleinquicksuccessionwiththeaimofrapidlyincreasingyourfollowers. YoucanreadmoreonTwitter'sRulespage. So,isthereanumberonhowmanypeopleyoucanunfollowatonetime?Justuseyourcommonsense.I'veunfollowedover500peopleinoneday,butthatwasaone-off-Iwantedtouncluttermyfeed,butifIunfollowed500peopleeachdayI'dlikelygetbanned. OtherLimits Thereareotherlimits,astheTwittersupportpagesstates.Youcanpostupto2,400tweetsperday(thisisspreadthroughouttheday-therearelimitsperhalfhour,soyoucan'tjustpost2,400allatonce!)Youcanpostupto250directmessagesperday(thankgoodness!)Youcanchangeyouremailupto4timesperhour(whywouldyouwanttodothatanyway?) Youcanpostupto2,400tweetsperday(thisisspreadthroughouttheday-therearelimitsperhalfhour,soyoucan'tjustpost2,400allatonce!)Youcanpostupto250directmessagesperday(thankgoodness!)Youcanchangeyouremailupto4timesperhour(whywouldyouwanttodothatanyway?) Youcanpostupto1,000directmessagesperday(thankgoodness!)Youcanchangeyouremailupto4timesperhour(whywouldyouwanttodothatanyway?) AsofMay30,2013youcannowfollowupto1,000lists(upfrom20)andeachlistcanincludeupto5,000accounts(upfrom500). TherearealsolimitswhenyouusetheTwitterAPI,butthat'sanothertopic. TherearealsolimitswhenyouusetheTwitterAPI,butthat'sanothertopic. Twitterrecentlyaddedtheoptionofaddingaheaderimage.Thesehaveamaximumresolutionof1500x500pixels(withamaxuploadsizeof10Mb.Youdon'thavetouploadyourimageat1500x500,butit'sbesttomakeitclosetothattogiveacrispandclearimage.Certainly,trytomakeitabove640pixelsinwidthotherwiseitwilllookpixelated.Finally,yourbiographycanhaveupto160characters. Summary So,thereyougo.Remember,Twitterisasocialnetwork-theselimitsareforyourandmyprotection.Doyouthinktheselimitsareappropriate,ordoyouthinktheyshouldbemodified?Letmeknowinthecommentsbelow. Tweet793Share134Share43Pin14WhatsApp984Shares AboutIanAndersonGray IanisaConfidentLiveMarketingCoachandfounderofSeriouslySocial.He’saninternationalspeaker,trainer,teacher,webdeveloperandconsultant.Hehasapassionformakingthetechno-babbleoflivevideoandsocialmediamarketingeasytounderstand.Ianisco-founderofSelectPerformers–afamilyrunwebagency.Aswellasbeingageek,husband,anddadtotwokids,IanisalsoaprofessionalsingerandlivesnearManchesterintheUK.Findoutmore TheSeriouslySocialCommunityWhatdoyouthink?Jointhefun&Letmeknowbelow... 357Comments Newest Oldest MostVoted InlineFeedbacks Viewallcomments GD 2yearsago MyTwitterhandleisafanclubpage!Iwasgetting500plusfollowersforfewdaysnormallyIget100to300perdaybutthensuddenlymyfollowercountdropperanditsnotgoingupsinceaweekmyfollowerlistisfrozen! Helpmewiththatit’ssoannoyingasimworkinghardtokeeppplupdatedneverusedanyfoullanguageornegativetweets! Isthereanyfix? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal ChrisGreen 2yearsago HavingproblemswiththeRTbuttontoo.CannotRTeverytweetthatIwouldliketoRT–thegreenbuttonturnsgreenbutnotfortheonesIhaveRTdIdon’tappearinthelistofpeoplewho’vesharedit.Plus,thosepostsnotshareddon’tappearonmyprofile,andtheyhaveto. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal ChrisGreen Replyto  ChrisGreen 2yearsago ForthepostsIhaven’tRTdIcannotevenundothemwhenIpressUndoRetweet. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal ChrisGreen 2yearsago EvenhavingissueswiththeRetweetbutton.InthepastdaynotbeenabletoRTpostsasInormallywould.TheRetweetbuttonturnsgreenbutnoteverysingletweetthatIthinkI’veretweetedappearsonmyprofilethen.Theyneedtoappearonyourprofileafteryou’vehittheRetweetbutton-thatshowsthatthey’vebeenretweetedsuccessfully.OnlycertaintweetsattheminuteIcanproperlyretweet.Also,fortheonesthataren’tretweetedsuccessfullybuttheRetweetbuttonisstillgreen,IcannotundothemwhenItryto.IpressUndoRetweetandthegreenRetweetbuttondoesn’tgobacktonormal.Neverceasestoamazeyouwhatglitchesyoucancomeacross. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  ChrisGreen 2yearsago HiChris.Thatisweird!Itdoesn’tsurprisemeanymore,howmanyglitchesthesesocialnetworkshave.Alotofitisdowntothefactthattheyhavehiddenalgorithmsthattryanddeterminewhat.isspammybehaviour.SosometimesTwitterdoesn’tevenknowwhatishappening. Butinyourcase,itsoundslikeabug. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal WillPfister 2yearsago Ihavean8000Twitterdmthatwontsend.Huh? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal ChrisGreen 2yearsago DoyouknowofalikelimitIan?Ibetthere’sa1000limit. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  ChrisGreen 2yearsago HiChris.Ihaven’tbeenabletofindapublishedhardlimitonlikesfromTwitter.Thatdoesn’tmeanonedoesn’texistthough.Therearealsoflexiblelimitsforeachuserthataresetbyanalgorithm.Soifitdetectsbehaviouritdoesn’tlike,itcanimposeamuchlowerlimitonlikeswithinatimeframe.It’sallhidden,andforthesealgorithmsetlimits,evenTwitteremployeeswon’tknowwhattheyare.Ian 0 TranslateShowallOriginal ChrisGreen Replyto  IanAndersonGray 2yearsago AstheyastheyarealwaystemporarybecauseIalwayslikinglots.Ifindmyselfgettingthemoftenanditisfrustratingwaitingforonetogo.Ifeeltheycanlastupto24hoursdependingonyourlikingpattern.Howlongtheylastvaries. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal ChrisGreen Replyto  ChrisGreen 2yearsago I’mstillonalikelimitandaresofrustratedatthemoment.Iknowtheyaresetbyalgorithmbutwhenwillitgo? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal TrevorO. Replyto  ChrisGreen 2yearsago Ihavethissameissue! 0 TranslateShowallOriginal ChrisGreen Replyto  TrevorO. 2yearsago Seemstoaffectslotsiftheylikeloads.ForthepastweekonaverageI’veonlybeenabletolike300TweetsadaythenIgethitwithanotherstupidlimitstoppingmelikinguntilthenextday.Itreallyisstupid. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  ChrisGreen 2yearsago HiChris–sorryforthedelayinresponding.Idon’tknowthatIwillbeofmuchhelpasitsoundsasifthisisanissuewithinTwitter… 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Thalia 2yearsago I’mdoingresearchontheuseoflanguageintweet’sreplypost.onetweetcanhavethousandsofreplyposts,butwhenweopenitandscrollitdown,itonlyshowsafewreplyposts.isthereanylimitationindisplayingsomeone’stweetreplypost?whatistheexactlimit?thankyouinadvance. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal brexjam 2yearsago ThankyouforthisIan,ithelpsalottounderstandtherules(whichchangewithtime). Thankyouforkeepingthispostuptodate🙂 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  brexjam 2yearsago Thanks!It’shardtokeepupwiththechanges!Ian 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Adebola 2yearsago Istherealimittothenumberofpeoplethatcanfollowmeontwitterdaily? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Adebola 2yearsago No,thereisnolimitonthenumberofpeoplefollowingyou.Ian 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Celianor 3yearsago I‘vetriedtorestoremyaccountsinceitwassuspendedbutididn’treceiveanycodeviasmssoikepttryingoveragainandagainandnowitsaysi’vereachedmylimithowlongdoihavetowaitbeforetryingagain. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Celianor 2yearsago Sorrytohearthat,Celianor.Tobehonest,Idon’tknowhowlongyou’llneedtowait.It’snothappenedtomeandIhaven’tfoundanythingwrittendown.Haveyoumanagedtogetitsortedsince?Ian 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Solomon 3yearsago Thewebsiteplainlysaysyoucanfollowonly400accountsdailyifyourNOTaverifiedaccount.IfyouAREaverifiedaccountyoucanfollow1000.https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/twitter-follow-limit 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Solomon 3yearsago Thankssomuchforlettingmeknowaboutthis.I’veupdatedthearticle 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Bill 3yearsago Istherearatelimitforlikes?Ihavebeenhitbythisacoupleoftimesandthelimitseemstolastforalotlongerthananhour.Idosomeresponsesbutnotmany.Todayisaprimeexample.Irespondedafewtimesandwaslikingsomepoststhenboom,“Sorry,youareratelimited.Pleasewaitafewmomentsthentryagain.”.Triedloggingoffandbackon,trieddifferentwebbrowsersondifferentplatforms,triedtheWindows10clientoverseveralhourswithoutanyresolution.Nothinginthelinkedemailaccountaboutanyinfractions. WhyisthishappeningandwhatcanIdoaboutit? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Bill 3yearsago HiBill.TherearesoftandhardlimitsonTwitter.AsfarasIknow,thereisnohardlimitforlikesonTwitter(althoughtherecouldbe).Inyourcase,you’vehitasoftlimitIthink.Twitterusesalgorithmstokeeptheintegrityofthesite.Thealgorithmhasdetectedanissuewiththenumberoflikesyou’vemade.Sometimesitcanbeover-zealous.Unfortunately,thereisn’tmuchIcansaytohelpatthisstage.Justwaitanhourortwoandtryagain. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal questionman 3yearsago AbouttheamountofthetweetsIcanseeinoneuser’spage,Ionlycanseeabout800tweetsofeachuser,isthatalimitation,too? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  questionman 3yearsago AsfarasIknow,thereisnolimitonthenumberofTweetsyoucanseeattwitter.com,butbecauseofTwitter’snever-endingscroll,yourbrowsercanendupgettingquiteslowtoloadTweetsafterawhile. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal CLyons 3yearsago Whatabout‘likes’(♥️)?TwitterkeepsturningoffthelikesafewsecondsafterI‘like’something,evenaftermultipleattempts. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  CLyons 3yearsago IwishIknew.Theredoesn’tseemtobealimitforlikes,butIbetthereisahiddenone.I’venoticedthatissuetoosometimes.Maybeyou’vehitatemporarylimitonthenumberoflikes.Comebackinanhourandseeifit’sfixed.Orifnot,they’veblockedyoufromlikingwhichwouldbe 0 TranslateShowallOriginal JMKall 4yearsago Ihaveemailnotificationsturnedonfordirectmessages.ItseemsIonlythegetthefirst50(therearemore)inmyemaileachday.IsthisaTwitterlimitorsomethingIcanchangeinsettings?Iwouldliketohavethemallgotoemail. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  JMKall 4yearsago Yes,unfortunately,Twittertriestobe“helpful”andreducethenumberofemailnotificationsyoureceive.Thereisn’tmuchyoucando.IbuiltaWordPressplugincalledTwoolswhichyoucanusewithaIFTTTtosendmentionnotifications.It’sabitcomplicatedtosetup,butit’stheonlyalternativeIknow. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal RichardBanyard 4yearsago Veryuseful,thanks!DoyouknowifthereisalimittothenumberoftweetsthatcanbescheduledthroughTweetdeck?I’vescheduledapproximately1000tweetsforafeatureI’mplanninglaterthisyear,butifIattemptanymore,Igeta“Tweetfailed:Ratelimitexceeded.”message.Twitteritselfworksfine,Ijustcan’tscheduleanymore.Supporthaven’tresponded–anypointersgreatlyappreciated! 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  RichardBanyard 4yearsago HiRichard,That’sagreatquestion.Unfortunately,I’mnotsure.I’venevertriedtoschedulethatmanyTweetsthroughTweetdeck.Ithinktherewillbealimit,andifyou’vereached1,000andcan’taddanymore,thenitseemslikethatisthelimit.Thefactthatthey’venotrespondedtoyoursupportquestionhighlightsanimportantissuewithusingafreetoollikeTweetdeck.It’sgreatwhenitworks,butwhenitgoeswrongyoureallywanttobehavinggoodsupport.That’sonereasonwhyIswitchedtoapaidsocialmediamanagementtool.Iwillsay,however,thattheerrormessagethatyou’regettingisanoddone.ThaterrornormallyhappenswhenyourequesttoomanythingsfromtheTwitterAPIina15mintimeperiod.Butmaybethatistheerrormessagethey’regivingyouwhenyouexceed1,000scheduledtweets.Notveryhelpful! 0 TranslateShowallOriginal SYNTHESIS Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago HelloIanandeveryoneelse. ΤhroughTweetdeckthereareaboutthesamelimits:) “Inourbusinessaccount(sinceJan2014withverifyphone,app,andmuchmore)thislimitisbetween290and310tweetseverytwohours. Respectively,οnmyownpersonalaccount(since2008withoutverifymyphoneandanythingelse)thislimitisadjustedto190and210pertwohours.” Regards. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  SYNTHESIS 4yearsago Thanksfortheupdate.Itmakessensethattherearethesamelimits. TweetdeckISTwitter.Butitseemsoddthatyoucan’tschedulemore.Ian 0 TranslateShowallOriginal RichardBanyard Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago HiIan–justtofollowuponthis,Icanconfirmthatoncethescheduledtweetsbegantopost,IwasthenabletoschedulemoretweetsusingTweetdeck–suggestsindeedthattheremustbealimitofaround1000tweetsthatcanbescheduledatatime.Thanks! 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  RichardBanyard 4yearsago Thanksforlettingmeknow,Richard.Thatmakessense! 0 TranslateShowallOriginal SusanJ.Schumann 4yearsago Twitterhasgonebeyondjustbeingasocialgatheringplace.It’sachievedwhatyahootried&couldn’t:primarynewssourceforppl.Ithasbecomefornewsmags,newspapers,tvwhatAmazonistobrick&mortarstores.Tremendouspotential.Q:WillTwitterbeabletoevolvequicklyenoughtobecomeaprimarybusiness&subscriptionplatform?We’reallanxioustogetstarted… 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  SusanJ.Schumann 4yearsago HiSusan,Itotallyagree.Twitteristheprimarynewssourceformany. It’smygotoplaceforbreakingnews,althoughit’simportanttocheckfactsandnottakeeverythingatfacevalue.ButtheproblemisthatTwitterstilldoesn’tknowhowtomakemoney.Theydon’tseemtohaveastrategy.Ithinkitisunlikelythattheygodownthesubscriptionroutebecausethey’ve(sofar)adoptedtheadmodel.Youcan’treallyhaveboth–sincetheycannibalizeeachother.Butwhoknows?Theyneedtodosomething,becauseTwitterisstillinaprecariousposition!Ian 0 TranslateShowallOriginal AS 4yearsago Iwantedtodelete“Likes”inbulkbutcouldn’tfindanyonlineprogramtodoitforthousandsofthousandLIKES.SoIusedcopy/pastescript{$(‘.ProfileTweet-action–unfavorite’).click();}inconsole&deletedmanythousandsinfewhours!NowIcantuse“LIKE”optionfornewtweetsbyothersasthemessage”Sorry,youareratelimited.Pleasewaitafewmomentsthentryagain.”iscomingupwheneverIhitLIKEoption WhatshouldIdonow? Thankyou 2 TranslateShowallOriginal Danny Replyto  AS 4yearsago Didyouevergetthisfiguredout?I’vebeenratelimitedlikethislike10timesoverthepastcoupleofdaysnow,andI’mnotevenusingascript.I’mjustmanuallyunlikingeverythinginmylist. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Danny 4yearsago Sorrytohearthat.TobehonestIdon’tknow.Idoknowthatthereareanumberoflimitssetbyalgorithmsinthebackground.Theremaynotbeahardlimit,butyouraccountcouldhavebeenlimited.I’vereachedouttoAndyPiperonTwittertoseeifhecanaddanyclarification.I’llletyouknowifheresponds.Ian 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Mark 4yearsago Whataboutlikes?I’vebeentryingtomanagemy“Likes”pageand“manually”deletedseveralthousandandnowIcan’tseemyLikeshistory?Doyouknowoftherulesthere?AndI’mnotsurewhyIcan’tmanuallyremovemylikes(un-likepriorlikes).Thoughtswouldbemuchappreciated! 1 TranslateShowallOriginal Macy 4yearsago helloian!!myaccounthasthismessagepoppingeverytimeitrytofollowpeople“LimitReached.Youareunabletofollowaccountsatthistime.”Iamawarethatihavebeenaggressivelyfollowingandufollowingpeople,butijustwanttoashowlongitwilllast. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Macy 4yearsago HiMacy,thisusuallyonlyhappensfora24hourperiod.Butbecareful,ifTwitterdetectsthatyouareaggressivelyfollowing/unfollowingyou,youcouldhaveyouraccountsuspended.Letmeknowhowyougeton.Ian 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Ailie Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago Pleaseunsubscribeme.I’mgettingtoomanyemailsingeneralinmyinbox. Thanks(nothingpersonalIpromisexx) 0 TranslateShowallOriginal ChrisShop 4yearsago Hi!Greatarticle!IhaveaquestionIcan’tfindtheanswerto.HowcomewhenIscrollthrufolksIfollow(thelinkundermyprofile)usingmyphone,Ican’tgettothebottomoftheactuallist,anditstopsscrollingandallIseeissimplyatinygreydot?It’snotmyphone’smemoryeitherasIhavea128GBpixel2xlwithover100GBfree.I’vetriedeverything.Samethinghappenswiththelistoffolksfollowingme.Plus,I’monlytalkingabout1800folksIfollowandabout1500intotallistofthosewhoarefollowingme.Thanksmuchfortheinfo. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  ChrisShop 4yearsago Hi,Yes,thisfrustratesmetoo.Twitterissupposedtorefreshwithnewresults,butsometimesthereisaglitchandyoucan’tscrollbackacertainamount.Tryitonthedesktopandseeifthatworksbetter.Butevenso,I’vehadissuestheretoo.Onyourphone,youcoulddeleteyourcacheoruninstallTwitterandtheninstallitagain. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal RyanCoon 4yearsago Iamworkingthroughsproutsocialandhadaquickquestion.IfIgettoomanyfailedtweetsduetolikecontentortoomanydirectretweetsdoesmyfuturetweetsorprofilebecomeaffected?ThankYou 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  RyanCoon 4yearsago HiRyan, SproutSocialusestheofficialTwitterAPI(likeallsocialmediamanagementtoolsIknow).Sproutwon’titselflimitwhatyoucando,butifTwitterthinksyouarepostingtoomanyduplicatedtweetsorspammingthesystem,itcouldlimityouorsuspendyouraccount.ThatwouldmeanSproutwouldn’tbeabletoaccesstheAPIproperlyuntilyoucontactTwitter. Sproutwouldgetanerrormessageandwouldletyouknowonthescreen.Aslongasyouarewithinthelimitssetoutinthisarticle,youshouldbefine.Butalsorememberthattherearelimitswithineach15minuteperiod,soyoushouldn’tsendaday’sworthofDMsinanhour,otherwise,you’llhaveproblems. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago Addendum–meagain,Ian.Icheckedmyaccountandabigchunkofmyfollowershavedisappeared…maybetheywerethe“spoiler”accounts.Howeverinaddition,Iappeartobefollowingnobodyatall.Hopingnormalservicewillbereturnedtomorrow.LuckilyImaintainalotoflists[they’reabitchaotic]butIshouldbeabletotrackmostofthemdown! 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago Interesting.Theycouldbespammyaccountsthatwerefollowingyou.Twittermayhavedeletedthoseaccounts.That’sagoodthing,althoughitdoesmeanthatyourfollowercountgoesdown.Butweirdthatyou’renotfollowinganyone.Iassumeyourlistsareok?Hasanythingcomebacknow? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago Helloagain,Ian.JustthoughtI’dupdateyouincaseithelpsyourresearchandothers.ImentionedearliertodaythatmyTwitteraccountwassuspendedandIhadnoideawhy.Ireadthroughabigchunkofthecommentshereminingforanswers.Lotsofgoodpointersandtipsbytheway!However,theimportantthingforme[andmaybeotherfolks]wasthatIreceivedareturnemailtodayfromTwitterwhichreadsasfollows:- “TwitterHello, Youraccountisnowunlocked,andwe’resorryfortheinconvenience. Twitterhasautomatedsystemsthatfindandremoveautomatedspamaccountsanditlookslikeyouraccountgotcaughtupinoneofthesespamgroupsbymistake.ThissometimeshappenswhenanaccountexhibitsautomatedbehaviorinviolationoftheTwitterRules(https://twitter.com/rules). Again,weapologizefortheinconvenience.Pleasedonotrespondtothisemailasreplieswillnotbemonitored. Thanks, TwitterSupport” Sothereyougo.Nonethewiser.However,thatwaslessthan24hourstorecoverywhichmaybesomecomforttosome. Bestwishes Maddy 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago Thanksfortheupdate.Yes,Twitter’sspamalgorithmscanbealittleoverzealoussometimes.Butgreattoknowtheyaretakingresponsibilitythistimeandadmittedthatyoursgotcaughtupinthemix.Gladtheygotbacktoitquickly.ThelasttimethishappenedwastoanotheraccountandIhadtowaitaround12days! 0 TranslateShowallOriginal gmansahrma 4yearsago veryusefulinformation. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal MadelineMcewen-Asker Replyto  gmansahrma 4yearsago Gladitishelpingsomeone! CheersMaddy MadelineMcEwen:- “Ihavespentmostofthedayputtinginacomma,andtherestofthedaytakingitout.”OscarWilde 1 TranslateShowallOriginal MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago WhatIfindannoyingiswhensomebodysuggestsyoufollowXperson[becauseyouhavesimilarinterestsorwhatever][plusTwitterGIVESyousuggestionsaboutwhotofollow]andthenwhenyoudo,andaddthemtoaliste.g.writers,creatives,bloggers,thentheydisappearforsomeunaccountablereasonandthenyoubumpintothemagainandgothroughthewholerigamaroleagain.Confused. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago HiMadeline,sorryIdidn’trespondtothislastmonth.Thatisreallyweird.So,haveyoufoundthat,althoughyoudidfollowthem,youfindoutthatyouarenolongerfollowingthemlateron?Isthisalsothesamewiththelist?Aretheyremovedfromyourlisttoo?Ihaven’tfoundthismyself,buttherewassomethingcalledthe“unfollowbug”afewyearsback.Icouldn’tworkoutwhetheritwasactuallyabugbutsomethingweirdwasgoingon. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Jan Replyto  MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago IsimilarlylosesomepeopleIthoughtIwasfollowingandthenIdon’tknowifIjustlistedthemanddidn’tactuallyfollow,orsomeoneelse’s“likes”andRTswereputtingtheminmytimelinesoIthoughtIwasonfollowbutwasn’tactually,orIwasfollowingandtheyblockedandthenunblockedmetoremovemyfollow,oriftherewasaglitch. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Sheetal 4yearsago IhavebeenmessagingapersonsinceJunelastyearandhaven’tdeletedthemessagesatall.lastweekithoughtthepersonflaggedmydm.Hesaidhehasn’t.Andsentmethescreenshotofhisdminbox.thenwhycan’tIdmhimanymore? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Sheetal 4yearsago That’sodd.Hecouldhavechangedhissettings.Ishefollowingyou?Iassumehehasn’tblockedyou?YoucanchangethesettingstoonlybeabletoreceiveDMsfrompeopleyoufollow. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal David 4yearsago Hi,Ian Mustsaygreatandthewayyoupresenteditisremarkable.Thanksforsharingsuchaninformativepost,keepsharing. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal CynthiaChen 4yearsago Hi,myaccountjustgotlockedthriceinarowandIdon’tknowwhybecauseIdidnotviolateanytwitterrules!Thefirsttimeandsecondtime,IwaslockedoutafterIlikedatweetofsomeonetryingtopacifyahatercomment.ThethirdtimeIgotlockedoutwhileIwasscrollingdowntwittersupporttoaskaboutwhyIgotlockedout.NowitsaysthatI’veexceededtheamountoftimeIcanverifymyphonenumberandto“trylater”.Doyouknowhowlatethatwouldbe?It’salreadybeenaday!Ihavearound8followersandfollowlessthan20accounts. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  CynthiaChen 4yearsago Sorryfornotreplyinguntilnow.That’sodd.I’venotheardofalimittothenumberoftimesyoucanverifyyourphonenumber.I’mnotsurewhattorecommendatthisstagebutIhopeafterafewmoredaysitwillsortitselfout. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal TwitterRenegade 4yearsago Twitterban?Forfollowingandunfollowingaggressively?Notreally.Yougetatimeout.Aseatonthenaughtystep.Itjustmeansuntilthetimeatwhichyoufallbelowthelimit,youcan’taddanymore.Ifyouspendanhouradding1000followers,it’llbe23hoursbeforeyoucanaddonemoreanditwillbethefull24hoursbeforeyoucanaddanother1000.Youcantriggerspeedrestrictionsbyfollowingandunfollowingtoofast,butjustslowyourchromeextensionorwhateveryouusedown.Makeitdoonefollow/unfollowpersecondandleaveitrunovernight.PersonallyIpreferautomatedbotsthatyoucansetuptodoitthroughthedayforyou.Soifsomeonesays#Mercedesandyousellcarpartsforthosecars,yougivethemanautomatedfollow.Thenhaveanotherbotthatdeletesanyonewhohasn’tfollowedyoubackin3daysclearingupbehindit.Thenforgetaboutitforever.Butdon’tknickerwetover“beingbannedbytwitter”.Itdoesn’thappen.Theyonlyevertimeyououtorlockyouraccount.Younevergetbanned.Itisn’tintheirinterest.Theveryfactyou… Readmore» 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  TwitterRenegade 4yearsago Thanksforyourcomment.Whatyousaymakessense.It’sprobablybestnotusetheword“banned”butyoucandefinitelygetyouraccountsuspended.Ihadanaccountsuspendeddueto“suspiciousbehaviour”andittook2weekstohavethissuspensionreversed.Twitter’salgorithmscandetectthisunusualbehaviour(whenusingautomation)andcansuspendyou.Ofcourse(andthiswasmysituation)itcangetitwrong.WhileTwittermaynotbanyoucompletelyordeleteyouraccount-youcangetsuspended,whichmeansyouraccountwillappearprotected)andthatisn’tgood. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Noli 4yearsago Hiidontknowifyoucanhelpmebutmyaccwaslockandiunlockeditusingmycodebuticantfollowanyoneidontknowwhypleasehelpme 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Noli 4yearsago HiNoli.Thatisveryfrustrating.Areyoureceivinganyerrormessageswhenyoutryandfollowpeople?Haveyoutrieddoingthisonthedesktopversionoftwitter.com?Alsochecktoseeifyouraccounthasbeensuspended–asthatmightaccountfortherestrictions.YoucanapplytoTwittertogetitunsuspendedwhenyouseethemessage. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal RebekahDonohue 4yearsago Hi;don’tknowifyoucanhelpornot,butIrecentlystartedUnfollowspyandeverydaytheygivemeacountaveraginganadditionof15followersbut12–14unfollowers,everyday.Thishasheldapatternforthreetofourweeks,everyday.Toolongtobecoincidence.I’vetriedtocontactunfollowspy.comwithnoluck.ItseemsthateitherTwitterorunfollowspy.cisremovingfollowerstoaverageoutaccountsIpickupeachdaysoInevergrowpastwhereIamwhichisrightat2150. WhatdoIdo? Thankssomuch! 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  RebekahDonohue 4yearsago HiRebecca,Ihaven’ttriedUnfollowSpymyself.Iamalwayswaryaboutthesetools. Accordingtotheirwebsite,they… Easilylocateandremovepeoplewhodon’tfollowbackyouraccountandstopfollowingthemimmediatelyusingoursimpleeasytousehigh-speedadmintool. ButIwouldhopethatwasamanualprocess–i.e.whereyouchoosewhoyouwanttounfollow. Twitter,infact,bantoolsfromautomaticallyfollowingandunfollowing. Itgoesagainsttheirterms.Itdoesn’tstoptoolsfromofferingit,buttheyshouldn’tdoit. I’dtryandcontactthemagain,andiftheydon’tgetbacktoyou,removeitfromyourTwitterapps. Youcouldlookatunfollowingmoreyourself,andstartfollowingtheminaTwitterlist.It’sgoodtohavemorefollowersthenpeopleyoufollowinordertoincreaseyourfollowers. Hopethathelps. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Peter 4yearsago Somethingyoumaywanttoincludeisthatthereappearstobealimittohowmanytweetsyoucanfavourite/likeperday.IwentonalikingspreeandgothitwithanerrormessagesayingIhadexceededdailylimitsataroundthe1000mark.Thereisdefinitelyalikeratelimit(APIisdefinedindocsandforthewebsitenotdocumented). 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Peter 4yearsago HiPeter.Yes,Ithinkyou’reright.TherearelotsofhiddenlimitsthatTwitteruse.Theproblemisthattheyarenotdocumented,andthelimitschangefromusertouser.That’sbecausetheyusealgorithmstodetectwhatthoselimitsshouldbe–atleastthisismyunderstanding.Thanksfor 0 TranslateShowallOriginal MadelineMcewen-Asker Replyto  Peter 4yearsago That’sinteresting.YesterdayItrieddoingmorelikesandlessretweeting[relativelynewtoTwitter]andthismorningmyaccountwassuspended? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago Reallyannoyingwhenthathappens.Twitterhasalgorithmsthattryandworkoutwhetheraccountsaredoingthingsthatgoagainsttheirtermsandconditions.Becausetheyareprograms,theysometimesgetthingswrong.Ithappenedtooneofmysecondaryaccountsafewyearsback.ThankfullyIgotitreversed,butreallyannoying, 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Katt 5yearsago Iwasrecentlylockedoutbutcouldreturnbyprovidingmyphonenumber. However,thisdidnottellmethereasonIwassuspended. IsitagainstTwitterrulestoTweettojustanyone?…Imean,ifyouareinterestedinacertainsubject….anddoa“search”forpeoplewiththesameinterests….isitagainstTwitterrulestosendtheminformationorlinksbaseduponyoursharedinterests? Also,IseeintheTwitter“rules”thatapersoncanbelockedoutiftheyhavebeenreportedasSpamming…..Wouldn’tthisallow“likeminded”peopletobantogethertoremoveTweetswhichtheyfeelrunagainsttheirbestinterests?….sayRacistAlt-RightmemberscomplainingaboutBlackLiberalaccounts….. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Katt 5yearsago HiKatt,thanksforyourcommentandsharingyourexperience.Soundsveryfrustrating,butgladyougotbackonTwitter. OnebigproblemisthatTwitterdoesn’thavethecapacitytoprovidedecentcustomerservice.They’llnevertellyouwhyyougotsuspended.Ididmanagetogetaresponsefromthemoncewhenmyaccountwasincorrectlysuspended,butthatwasonlyafteralotofdigging.Forme,myaccountwasincorrectlyflaggedduetoanover-zealousalgorithm.Itsoundslikethiscanhappenfromtimetotime.Ithinktheydotakeintoaccount,thenumberoftimesanaccounthasbeenflaggedasspam,butIthinkthereissomehumancheckingfromTwitterhere.But,youareright,itisopentoabuseandaccountsthatpeopledisagreewith(fromwhicheverstandpoint)couldbeflaggedasspamandpotentiallysuspendedbyTwitter.It’sabitofanightmareforTwitter–howdotheypoliceit? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Lele 5yearsago IjustopenedmyfirstTwitteraccountandgotsuspended(lockedout)forfollowing100peoplein1day,yetthelimitis1,000?IwasmainlyjustfollowingthepeopleIlike(friends,celebs,youtubers,etc)…What“should”ourdailylimitbeifI’mgettinglockedoutfor100?Idon’twanttogetintroubleagain.Thanks! 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Lele 5yearsago Unfortunately,you’vebeenhitbyanautomatedlimitbyTwitter’salgorithm.Althoughthelimitsstatedinthisarticlearestilltrue,Twitterhasalgorithmscheckingforanythingunusual.Ifitspotstoomuchgoingon,itcanflagthisandtemporarilysuspendyou.Quiteoftenitgetsitwrongwhichisfrustrating.Ithinkwhenyou’renewtoTwitter,it’sbesttokeeptoamuchlowerlimit,tobeginwith.Maybefollow10-20perday,tobeginwith,andthenslowlyincreaseit. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal ClaudioZavala 5yearsago SoLikingaTweetcountsagainstyour2,400Tweetsperday? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  ClaudioZavala 5yearsago No,thatwillbeaseparatelimit.Unfortunately,I’venotseenanythingfromTwitterthatgiveswhatthatlimitis. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal SYNTHESIS Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago HelloIanandeveryoneelse.Ithinkicanhelpyouatthispoint. Inourbusinessaccount(sinceJan2014withverifyphone,app,andmuchmore)thislimitisbetween290and310tweetseverytwohours. Respectively,οnmyownpersonalaccount(since2008withoutverifymyphoneandanythingelse)thislimitisadjustedto190and210pertwohours. Ihopeihelpedyou. 7 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  SYNTHESIS 4yearsago Thankssomuch.Thatisveryhelpful. Ithinkthehourlylimitchangesfrompersontoperson,andmaybecalculatedbyanalgorithm.I’vefoundIcanfollow300-500peoplewithinonehour,althoughI’veonlydonethatveryrarely.Asforlikes,I’venevertriedtotestit–thatisbasicallybecauseIonlyusethelikebuttonafewtimesperday. Thanksagainforsharing!Ian 1 TranslateShowallOriginal SYNTHESIS Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago It’smypleasureIan. Yesanddon’tforget,thesealgorithm-limitsincludeactionsfromalldevices,includingweb,mobile,phone,API,etc. APIrequestsfromallthird-partyapplicationsaretrackedagainstthehourlyAPIlimit.Peoplewhousemultiplethird-partyapplicationswiththeiraccountwillthereforereachtheAPIlimitmorequickly. Regards. 2 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  SYNTHESIS 4yearsago That’sagreatpoint.Eachapphastheirownlimitssetwithin15minutewindows–https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/basics/rate-limits.htmlButIthinkyou’rerightinTwitter’salgorithmshavingabiggerpictureandtakingeverythingintoaccounttoo. 2 TranslateShowallOriginal Michelle 5yearsago Hi,canIask?AnyearagoIhavebeenmakethefirsttwitteraccount.AndIusemytelephonenumber,Iamsilly,Ijustforgetthepassword.SoIdecidetocreateanotheraccount.Iusedmytelephonenumberagain.HowmanytimescanIthephonenumberuse?Igotaban.Ithinkthisisbecauseofthesamenumber.Iamsorryifthisguestionisstupid.HaveanicedayMichelle. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Michelle 5yearsago That’sagoodquestion!Firstofall,couldn’tyouresetthepasswordofyouroriginalTwitteraccount? AsforhowmanytimesyoucanusethesamephonenumberacrossdifferentTwitteraccounts,Ireallydon’tknow.Iwouldn’thavethoughttherewasalimit.Youshouldn’thavebeenbannedbecauseofthat.Ihave2or3Twitteraccountsthatusethesamenumber.Ian 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Stephen Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago Thereisalimit,possiblyaround10or15. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal PetrSejba Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago IhavecheckedTwitterhelpawhileagoandtheysaywecanaddthesamephonenumberto10accounts. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal SYNTHESIS Replyto  Michelle 4yearsago https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/phone-number-faqs CanIaddmyphonenumbertomultipleaccounts? Youcanaddyourphonenumbertoupto10accounts.It’simportanttonotethatonlytheaccountmostrecentlylinkedtothisphonenumbercanperformSMScommandsandreceiveSMSnotificationsforaccountactivitylikeDirectMessages,newfollowers,Retweets,etc.AnyotheraccountsyouhaveassociatedwithyourphonenumberwillnotbeabletoeditTextnotificationssettings.EachaccountthathasyourphonenumberassociatedwithitwillstillreceiveSMStextmessagesforpasswordresetrequestsorsecurityfeatureslikeloginverification. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  SYNTHESIS 4yearsago Thanksforthat!Reallyhelpfulupdate.Ian 0 TranslateShowallOriginal SYNTHESIS Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago It’smypleasureIan. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal solly 5yearsago HiIan whenifollowsomeonehenotgetnotificationthatifollowedhimwhatcanido? kindlyhelpme. 1 TranslateShowallOriginal Matt Replyto  solly 5yearsago Thisisactuallyhappeningtomeaswellsuddenly.Somethinggotchanged. 1 TranslateShowallOriginal solly Replyto  Matt 5yearsago sohowifixit? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  solly 5yearsago Theotherpersonneedstohavenotificationsfornewpeoplefollowingthemswitchedonintheirsettings.However,Twittersometimestriestobe“helpful”andreducethenumberofemailsitsendsoutandsotheymaynotreceivethatnotification.Thatshouldn’tstopthemreceivinganotificationintheTwitterappthough.Ifso,itmaybeatemporaryglitch. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Matt Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago Yeahthatsbeenglitchingoutabit.ifyougotoyourfollowersitwilllisttheminorderoffollowing.soiftheywanttofolloweveryonebackandnotmisssome.whicharegettingleftoutinthenotifications. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Matt 5yearsago Yes,Twitter(andactuallymostnetworks)don’tsendoutnotificationsforeverything.Ifindthisfrustrating,becauseIwantemailnotificationsonforeverythingsinceIusemyGMailaccountformycentralrepository.IdidbuildanappcalledTwoolswhichyoucanconnectwithIFTTTtohelpwiththis,butit’sabitgeeky.Ian 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Jan Replyto  solly 4yearsago It’spossibletoturnoffnotificationsforaccountsthatarenew,don’thaveaverifiedemail,don’thaveaverifiedphone,haveadefaultprofilephoto,orthattheotheraccountdoesn’tfolloworwhodoesn’tfollowtheotheraccount,orappeartobespam(automatedmessages,forinstance). Sothethingsyoucancorrectaretoverifyatleastoneformofcontact,makesureyouhaveaprofilephotothatgivesinformationaboutyou(doesn’thavetobeaphotoofyourselfalthoughtheyclaimthisisbetter,butanothergraphicofsomekindisalsofine),andbesureyourcontentisrelevantanddoesn’tcomeacrossasspam(eithertousersortoTwitterbots).. You’veprobablysolvedthispartbynow,butforfolksnewtoTwitter,besuretofollowsomerelevantaccounts. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Luss 5yearsago HiIan! HowcomewhenIfollowsomeoneontwitter,IlookattheirpagethenextdayanditsaysI’mnotfollowingthemanymore? Ihaven’thitafollowinglimit. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Luss 5yearsago HiLuss,that’sweird!Doesthishappenregularly?Isthiswithoneperson,ordoesithappenwithafewpeopleyoufollow?Iassumethisisn’thappeningtoyou,butiftheotherpersonblocksyou,thenTwitterwillunfollowthemfromyou.It’sunlikely,butitcouldbeatoolthatisdoingtheunfollowingforyou.Doyouhaveany3rdpartytoolsthathaveaccesstoyourTwitteraccount?Otherthanthat,therehasbeenwhatisknownasthe“TwitterUnfollowBug”whichsomepeoplehavesufferedfrom.Twitterhaveneveradmittedthis,butsometimesitappearsthatcertainpeopleareunfollowedfornoreason.I’djustkeepaneyeonit.Letusknowifyoufindanythingout. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Luss Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago Manythanksforthereply.ItishappeningwithlargenumberofpeopleandIfoundoutthatitisthe“TwitterUnfollowBug”. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Hugo 5yearsago Hi.Thanksforwritingandmaintainingthisusefularticle. Twitter’sdocslisttheDMlimitas1000perday. https://support.twitter.com/articles/15364 Isthereareasonyou’relistingitas250? Hopeyoucanclarify. Bestregards. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Hugo 5yearsago Thanksforthis,Hugo.Wellspotted.TwitterhaveupdatedthemaxnumberofDMsfrom250to1,000.Ihaveupdatedthearticleaccordingly.IjustwishtheyhadabetterUIfordirectmessagesandhadsomefilteringbecauseIstillgetalotofspammyDMs! 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Kelvin 5yearsago WheneverItrytolikeatweet,thebuttonturnsredandthenrevertsbacktoitsgreyishcolour.Whatcouldbetheproblem? 7 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Kelvin 5yearsago HiKelvin,sorrytohearthisproblemyou’rehaving.ItsoundslikeTwitterhaveimposedalimitonyouraccount.Hasyouraccountbeensuspendedorhaveyoureceivedanymessageswhenyouloginorviaemail?Besttocheck. Orjustwaitandseeifthelimitislifted. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Mark Replyto  Kelvin 5yearsago Iamhavingthesameproblem.Diditstartworkingonitsown?Howlongwasitnotworking? 2 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Mark 5yearsago I’dlovetoknowwhethertheissueresolveditself.I’venotseenthisissuemyself.Letmeknowifitdoesstartworkingagain. 2 TranslateShowallOriginal Valerie Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago I’vehadtheproblemof“disappearinglikes”severaltimes.Itfixesitselfbythenextday-neversooner.Ican’ttrackexacttimebutthisisdefinitelyaproblem.I’verequestedTwittersupport4-5xandnevergotaresponse.WishIknewwhythiswashappening! 2 TranslateShowallOriginal AngelaRosaHurston 5yearsago Apparentlywe’vereachedsomekindoffollowingceilingwithonlyabout200.Icreatedsupporttickctbutonlygoanemailthatsays”YouraccountappearstohaveexhibitedautomatedbehaviorthatviolatestheTwitterRules”andthatIshouldseeapromptlettingmeknowmyacctislockedandtoclickstart.Butidon’tseeanyofthat.Icanseemyprofilebutcan’tdoanything,followback,tweet,etc.Ican’teventweettoTwittersupport.Isthistemporary?Ifsohowlongwoulditlast?Howcanyoubuildyouraccountwithoutfollowingpeopleyoulike.I’dappreciateanysuggestions. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  AngelaRosaHurston 5yearsago HiAngela,That’sodd.Youraccountmayhavebeenflaggedforviolatingtheautomatedbehaviorrules.Twitterusesalgorithmstotryanddeterminewhetheraccountsareusingspammybehavior.Thiscouldincludeautomatedfollowing/unfollowingorliking.Theproblemisthatitgetsthiswrong,andmanypeoplethatdoadoptthisbehaviorseemtobegettingawaywithit.Ifyoucanlogintoyouraccount,gotosettingsandgotoAppsandseewhichappsyou’vegivenaccesstoyouraccount.Revokeaccesstoanyaccountsyoudon’trecommendorcouldbeviolatingthisbehavior.I’dalsochangeyourpassword.Hopefully,Twitterwillreversetheirdecision.I’dalsotryandcontactthemagain.They’renotgreatatrespondingbuttheyeventuallydo,atleastinmyexperience. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Sewingdeal.in 5yearsago Usefularticle 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Shoni 5yearsago CanaverifiedaccountholderseemytweetsifItweetthemwithaprotectedtwitteraccount,withoutfollowingme? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Shoni 5yearsago No.Ifyou’veprotectedyourTwitteraccount,onlythepeopleyouhaveacceptedtofollowyoucanseeyourTweets. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Shoni Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago Thankyouforreplying.Yes,Iknowthatwecanseeprotectedtweetsonlyifwe’refollowingeachother.Ijustthoughtmaybeverifiedaccountshavesomespecialfeatures?Andmaybetheycanseetheirprotectedmentionstoo? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Shoni 5yearsago Iunderstand.IthinksomeverifiedusershaveextrafiltersinTwitter,butthat’sit.Therewouldbeoutcryifverifieduserscouldseeotherpeople’sprotectedTweets.It’sdefinitelynotthecasethattheycanseethemiftheydon’tfollowyou.Ian 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Shoni Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago ThankyouIan 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Shoni Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago Thenwhataboutallthosefansandpeoplewhotweetcelebritieswiththeirprotectedaccounts?Simplywasteoftime? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Shoni 5yearsago Youmean,ifthecelebshaveprotectedaccounts? Well,it’skindofpointless,inthattheonlypeoplewhowouldseetheseretweetsarethepeoplewhoalsofollowthatceleb. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Shoni 5yearsago Canyouupdateonthis? CanaverifiedaccountholderonTwitterseeorreadhisprivatementionssentbyaprotectedaccount? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Partha 5yearsago Greatpost.Howdomarketingcompaniesovercometheselimits?Forexample,forthe2400Twitternotificationlimitperday,isthereawaytobuyadditionalnotificationcapabilityfromTwitter? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Partha 5yearsago Reallyinterestingquestion,Partha.Unfortunatelyyoucan’tbreakthroughtheselimits,notevenifyouofferTwittermoney! 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Amber 5yearsago Hithere,wheneverItrytolikeatweet,theheartwillgoredbutimmediatelygoback,‘unliked’asitwere.It’shappenedafewtimesoffandonbutalwaysseemstocorrect.I’vechangedpasswords,etcbutwonderifI’mnothittingalimit.Ican’tfindanyinfo.Thankyou 6 TranslateShowallOriginal SydneyEvangelist Replyto  Amber 5yearsago samehere!it’sbeendoingthisforaboutadayonmyphoneandcomputer.idon’tknowhowtofixit🙁helppppp 4 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Amber 5yearsago Weird,sorrytohearthat,Amber.Canyoucheckthatyouraccountisinfullworkingorder?Iassumeyou’venotbeensentanemailfromTwittersayingyouraccounthasbeensuspended?Otherthanthat,thenperhapsyouhavereachedalimit.I’mnotawareofalikelimit,butTwitterdohavehardlimitsinternallyaswellaslimitsthatchangefordifferentusers–theseareunfortunatelysetbyalgorithmswhichsometimesgetitwrong.AndunfortunatelyTwittersupportaren’tgreatatgettingbacktoyou.IdohaveonecontactthatI’lltryandask,butIamnotoverlyconfidentI’llgetaresponse! 2 TranslateShowallOriginal Jan Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago Thishappenstomeevenwithlowuseage.Sometimesthefirstorthirdlike.Unliketheyjustdon’twantmetoreadTwitterwithoutnecessarilypostingeveryday,Ithinkit’sunlikelytoberelatedtoausagealgorithm. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal sourav 5yearsago Whataboutabuseofhashtags?cananyonehelpmeonthat….Iwanttostartpromotingmysite,butIdon’twannagetbanned/suspended 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  sourav 5yearsago Idon’tthinkthereisalimitonthenumberofhashtagsyoucanuse.However,I’drecommendnotgoingmad–justbecausetoomanghashtagscanbeoffputtingtoyouraudience.Iwouldsay2or3hashtagsperTweetisoptimum.OnInstagram,however,youcangomad.ThemorehashtagsonInstagram,thebetter! 0 TranslateShowallOriginal ted 5yearsago IhadtroubleretweetingasIthinktheTwitteralgorithmbannedmefromdoingsobecauseofmyhashtagcampaignonanissue.NowIfoundawayarounditbyusingtwitterURL’sinbit.lyanditworkedbriefly.NowIcan’tsendanyURLorretweetandcanonlysendnormaltweets,oneswithhashtagsandpictures!!IfItry,noneofmyretweetsortweetswithURL’sappearunder#hashtags,butmyotherregulartweetsinstantlydoappear.Arrrggggh.Knowanysolution,please?Cheers FlagthismessageDeletethismessage 1 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  ted 5yearsago HiTed,sorryforthedelayingettingbacktoyou.IamsurprisedthatTwitterwouldhavebannedyoufromhashtagusage.Canyouexplainwhatyoudid?Itsoundsveryodd.Whenyouaredoingyourhashtagsearch,areyoushowingallresultsandnotjusttopresults? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Stacy 5yearsago WhenIclickonsomeone’sfollowerslistonlyasmallfractionshowup.Forexamplethisperson’spagesaystheyhave800followersbutwhenIclickon“followers”only23peopleshowupinthelist.ThereisthelittletweetybirdatthebottomsoIknowIhavereachedtheend.Howdotheydothat? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Stacy 5yearsago HiStacy.Thatisverystrange.IassumethisisontheTwitterwebsite?Haveyoutriedthemobileappandseeifyougetthesame? 0 TranslateShowallOriginal Mark 5yearsago Hi! SincethebeginningofNovemberIhavenotbeenabletotagpeopleinmyphotosintweets–Icanchoosethem,butafterpublishingthetweetallofthemdisappear.Doyouknowwhatisaproblem? 1 TranslateShowallOriginal Ramiro Replyto  Mark 5yearsago Thatsexactlywhatshappeningtomerightnow.Wehaveanewsdigitalwebaccountandwecanttagpeopleinphotos.Wetriedeverythingbutnosolution. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Ramiro 5yearsago SorrytohearthisMarkandRamiro.Ihaven’tcomeacrossthisbugbeforeandI’venotfoundanythingformsearchingtheweb.YoucouldtryandcontactTwittersupportathttps://twitter.com/Support/althoughthey’reverybadatreplying. 0 TranslateShowallOriginal PamelaWoodward Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago Cansomeonefollowyoufortheirownagendathenmuteyouasnottogeturtweetssotheirpagecanstaycleanwiththeirpolitics?Iblockedthemandfollowpeopleinphilosophy&Judaismandkeepitclean 0 TranslateShowallOriginal LoadMoreComments wpDiscuzInsertCommentAuthorInfo YouaregoingtosendemailtoSendMoveCommentMoveTranslateintoAfrikaansAlbanianArabicArmenianAzerbaijanBasqueBelarusianBosnianBulgarianCatalanChineseCroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEstonianFinishFrenchGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekHaitian(Creole)HungarianIcelandicIndonesianIrishItalianJapaneseKazakhKoreanKyrgyzLatinLatvianLithuanianMacedonianMalagasyMalayMalteseMongolianNorwegianPersianPolishPortugueseRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakianSlovenianSpanishSwahiliSwedishTagalogTajikTatarThaiTurkishUkrainianUzbekVietnameseWelshYiddish