SME’s<\/a> for example are likely to follow more than they are followed as they startup or break into a new industry. \u00a0They are likely to be caught by the following limits.<\/p>\nDo the rules have any other effect? \u00a0Well, we think so. \u00a0The rules can make people ‘stingy’ with their followbacks. \u00a0Something that someone may ‘Like’ on Facebook, they may not follow on Twitter. \u00a0Why? \u00a0Well to preserve their follows – they will also have a limited number don’t forget!<\/p>\n
In Conclusion.<\/h2>\n
In conclusion, its probably fair to see that the following limits both protect and stifle our use of the site to some degree. \u00a0But which would be better? \u00a0Following limits or no following limits? \u00a0Well, we’re not too sure. \u00a0Obviously it’s annoying to hit a follow limit if you are using your account legitimately. \u00a0But equally, it would be annoying to be spammed all the time.<\/p>\n
Twitter are most likely trying to protect themselves from the deluge of spam that normal comes with running a popular website. \u00a0Remember MySpace? \u00a0At one point they seemed to be getting totally overrun with spam – so you can’t really blame Twitter for wanting to protect themselves from this threat. \u00a0After all, they would not want to face the same decline in usage as MySpace has done over recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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