The Mysterious Follow Limits of Twitter

I've done it again – I'm currently not being allowed to follow more people on Twitter even though I follow people individually and use NO automatic software to follow people.

When I try to follow someone I get this message:

Could not follow user: You are unable to follow more people at this time. Learn more here.

The "here" goes to this page: https://support.twitter.com/articles/66885-i-can-t-follow-people-follow-limits



And the most interesting paragraph of the info is the following (my boldface):

Every account can follow 2,000 users total. Once you've followed 2,000 users, there are limits to the number of additional users you can follow. This number is different for each account and is based on your ratio of followers to following; this ratio is not published. Follow limits cannot be lifted by Twitter and everyone is subject to follow limits, even high profile and API accounts.

And while these Twitter statistics can change at a moment's notice, here is my current lineup:

• 6,428 Tweets

• 5,381 Following

• 4,890 Followers

• 208 Listed

I have some options to re-balance my Twitter account. One is to use a software application such as http://www.manageflitter.com – billed as "fast & easy unfollowing for Twitter"

When ManageFlitter connects with my Twitter account, I have various choices to make it easier for me to decide who to unfollow so that I can again start following people.

Whew! Good thing there are escape hatches such as ManageFlitter. What if I had to figure this all out for myself?

Now I just have to spend the time using this application.

Or I can simply wait for the secret Twitter ratio of my account to get back into balance.

I love Twitter. But sometimes the universe of Twitter can seem as alien as anything that Star Trek Voyager ever came across.

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