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 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal ChrisGreen 2yearsago HavingproblemswiththeRTbuttontoo.CannotRTeverytweetthatIwouldliketoRT–thegreenbuttonturnsgreenbutnotfortheonesIhaveRTdIdon’tappearinthelistofpeoplewho’vesharedit.Plus,thosepostsnotshareddon’tappearonmyprofile,andtheyhaveto. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal ChrisGreen Replyto  ChrisGreen 2yearsago ForthepostsIhaven’tRTdIcannotevenundothemwhenIpressUndoRetweet. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal ChrisGreen 2yearsago EvenhavingissueswiththeRetweetbutton.InthepastdaynotbeenabletoRTpostsasInormallywould.TheRetweetbuttonturnsgreenbutnoteverysingletweetthatIthinkI’veretweetedappearsonmyprofilethen.Theyneedtoappearonyourprofileafteryou’vehittheRetweetbutton-thatshowsthatthey’vebeenretweetedsuccessfully.OnlycertaintweetsattheminuteIcanproperlyretweet.Also,fortheonesthataren’tretweetedsuccessfullybuttheRetweetbuttonisstillgreen,IcannotundothemwhenItryto.IpressUndoRetweetandthegreenRetweetbuttondoesn’tgobacktonormal.Neverceasestoamazeyouwhatglitchesyoucancomeacross. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  ChrisGreen 2yearsago HiChris.Thatisweird!Itdoesn’tsurprisemeanymore,howmanyglitchesthesesocialnetworkshave.Alotofitisdowntothefactthattheyhavehiddenalgorithmsthattryanddeterminewhat.isspammybehaviour.SosometimesTwitterdoesn’tevenknowwhatishappening. Butinyourcase,itsoundslikeabug. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal WillPfister 2yearsago Ihavean8000Twitterdmthatwontsend.Huh? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal ChrisGreen 2yearsago DoyouknowofalikelimitIan?Ibetthere’sa1000limit. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  ChrisGreen 2yearsago HiChris.Ihaven’tbeenabletofindapublishedhardlimitonlikesfromTwitter.Thatdoesn’tmeanonedoesn’texistthough.Therearealsoflexiblelimitsforeachuserthataresetbyanalgorithm.Soifitdetectsbehaviouritdoesn’tlike,itcanimposeamuchlowerlimitonlikeswithinatimeframe.It’sallhidden,andforthesealgorithmsetlimits,evenTwitteremployeeswon’tknowwhattheyare.Ian 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal ChrisGreen Replyto  IanAndersonGray 2yearsago AstheyastheyarealwaystemporarybecauseIalwayslikinglots.Ifindmyselfgettingthemoftenanditisfrustratingwaitingforonetogo.Ifeeltheycanlastupto24hoursdependingonyourlikingpattern.Howlongtheylastvaries. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal ChrisGreen Replyto  ChrisGreen 2yearsago I’mstillonalikelimitandaresofrustratedatthemoment.Iknowtheyaresetbyalgorithmbutwhenwillitgo? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal TrevorO. Replyto  ChrisGreen 2yearsago Ihavethissameissue! 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal ChrisGreen Replyto  TrevorO. 2yearsago Seemstoaffectslotsiftheylikeloads.ForthepastweekonaverageI’veonlybeenabletolike300TweetsadaythenIgethitwithanotherstupidlimitstoppingmelikinguntilthenextday.Itreallyisstupid. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  ChrisGreen 2yearsago HiChris–sorryforthedelayinresponding.Idon’tknowthatIwillbeofmuchhelpasitsoundsasifthisisanissuewithinTwitter… 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Thalia 2yearsago I’mdoingresearchontheuseoflanguageintweet’sreplypost.onetweetcanhavethousandsofreplyposts,butwhenweopenitandscrollitdown,itonlyshowsafewreplyposts.isthereanylimitationindisplayingsomeone’stweetreplypost?whatistheexactlimit?thankyouinadvance. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal brexjam 2yearsago ThankyouforthisIan,ithelpsalottounderstandtherules(whichchangewithtime). Thankyouforkeepingthispostuptodate🙂 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  brexjam 2yearsago Thanks!It’shardtokeepupwiththechanges!Ian 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Adebola 2yearsago Istherealimittothenumberofpeoplethatcanfollowmeontwitterdaily? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Adebola 2yearsago No,thereisnolimitonthenumberofpeoplefollowingyou.Ian 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Celianor 2yearsago I‘vetriedtorestoremyaccountsinceitwassuspendedbutididn’treceiveanycodeviasmssoikepttryingoveragainandagainandnowitsaysi’vereachedmylimithowlongdoihavetowaitbeforetryingagain. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Celianor 2yearsago Sorrytohearthat,Celianor.Tobehonest,Idon’tknowhowlongyou’llneedtowait.It’snothappenedtomeandIhaven’tfoundanythingwrittendown.Haveyoumanagedtogetitsortedsince?Ian 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Solomon 2yearsago Thewebsiteplainlysaysyoucanfollowonly400accountsdailyifyourNOTaverifiedaccount.IfyouAREaverifiedaccountyoucanfollow1000.https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/twitter-follow-limit 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Solomon 2yearsago Thankssomuchforlettingmeknowaboutthis.I’veupdatedthearticle 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Bill 3yearsago Istherearatelimitforlikes?Ihavebeenhitbythisacoupleoftimesandthelimitseemstolastforalotlongerthananhour.Idosomeresponsesbutnotmany.Todayisaprimeexample.Irespondedafewtimesandwaslikingsomepoststhenboom,“Sorry,youareratelimited.Pleasewaitafewmomentsthentryagain.”.Triedloggingoffandbackon,trieddifferentwebbrowsersondifferentplatforms,triedtheWindows10clientoverseveralhourswithoutanyresolution.Nothinginthelinkedemailaccountaboutanyinfractions. WhyisthishappeningandwhatcanIdoaboutit? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Bill 3yearsago HiBill.TherearesoftandhardlimitsonTwitter.AsfarasIknow,thereisnohardlimitforlikesonTwitter(althoughtherecouldbe).Inyourcase,you’vehitasoftlimitIthink.Twitterusesalgorithmstokeeptheintegrityofthesite.Thealgorithmhasdetectedanissuewiththenumberoflikesyou’vemade.Sometimesitcanbeover-zealous.Unfortunately,thereisn’tmuchIcansaytohelpatthisstage.Justwaitanhourortwoandtryagain. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal questionman 3yearsago AbouttheamountofthetweetsIcanseeinoneuser’spage,Ionlycanseeabout800tweetsofeachuser,isthatalimitation,too? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  questionman 3yearsago AsfarasIknow,thereisnolimitonthenumberofTweetsyoucanseeattwitter.com,butbecauseofTwitter’snever-endingscroll,yourbrowsercanendupgettingquiteslowtoloadTweetsafterawhile. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal CLyons 3yearsago Whatabout‘likes’(♥️)?TwitterkeepsturningoffthelikesafewsecondsafterI‘like’something,evenaftermultipleattempts. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  CLyons 3yearsago IwishIknew.Theredoesn’tseemtobealimitforlikes,butIbetthereisahiddenone.I’venoticedthatissuetoosometimes.Maybeyou’vehitatemporarylimitonthenumberoflikes.Comebackinanhourandseeifit’sfixed.Orifnot,they’veblockedyoufromlikingwhichwouldbe 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal JMKall 4yearsago Ihaveemailnotificationsturnedonfordirectmessages.ItseemsIonlythegetthefirst50(therearemore)inmyemaileachday.IsthisaTwitterlimitorsomethingIcanchangeinsettings?Iwouldliketohavethemallgotoemail. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  JMKall 3yearsago Yes,unfortunately,Twittertriestobe“helpful”andreducethenumberofemailnotificationsyoureceive.Thereisn’tmuchyoucando.IbuiltaWordPressplugincalledTwoolswhichyoucanusewithaIFTTTtosendmentionnotifications.It’sabitcomplicatedtosetup,butit’stheonlyalternativeIknow. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal RichardBanyard 4yearsago Veryuseful,thanks!DoyouknowifthereisalimittothenumberoftweetsthatcanbescheduledthroughTweetdeck?I’vescheduledapproximately1000tweetsforafeatureI’mplanninglaterthisyear,butifIattemptanymore,Igeta“Tweetfailed:Ratelimitexceeded.”message.Twitteritselfworksfine,Ijustcan’tscheduleanymore.Supporthaven’tresponded–anypointersgreatlyappreciated! 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal 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 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal SYNTHESIS Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago HelloIanandeveryoneelse. ΤhroughTweetdeckthereareaboutthesamelimits:) “Inourbusinessaccount(sinceJan2014withverifyphone,app,andmuchmore)thislimitisbetween290and310tweetseverytwohours. Respectively,οnmyownpersonalaccount(since2008withoutverifymyphoneandanythingelse)thislimitisadjustedto190and210pertwohours.” Regards. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  SYNTHESIS 4yearsago Thanksfortheupdate.Itmakessensethattherearethesamelimits. TweetdeckISTwitter.Butitseemsoddthatyoucan’tschedulemore.Ian 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal RichardBanyard Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago HiIan–justtofollowuponthis,Icanconfirmthatoncethescheduledtweetsbegantopost,IwasthenabletoschedulemoretweetsusingTweetdeck–suggestsindeedthattheremustbealimitofaround1000tweetsthatcanbescheduledatatime.Thanks! 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  RichardBanyard 3yearsago Thanksforlettingmeknow,Richard.Thatmakessense! 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal SusanJ.Schumann 4yearsago Twitterhasgonebeyondjustbeingasocialgatheringplace.It’sachievedwhatyahootried&couldn’t:primarynewssourceforppl.Ithasbecomefornewsmags,newspapers,tvwhatAmazonistobrick&mortarstores.Tremendouspotential.Q:WillTwitterbeabletoevolvequicklyenoughtobecomeaprimarybusiness&subscriptionplatform?We’reallanxioustogetstarted… 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal 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 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal AS 4yearsago Iwantedtodelete“Likes”inbulkbutcouldn’tfindanyonlineprogramtodoitforthousandsofthousandLIKES.SoIusedcopy/pastescript{$(‘.ProfileTweet-action–unfavorite’).click();}inconsole&deletedmanythousandsinfewhours!NowIcantuse“LIKE”optionfornewtweetsbyothersasthemessage”Sorry,youareratelimited.Pleasewaitafewmomentsthentryagain.”iscomingupwheneverIhitLIKEoption WhatshouldIdonow? Thankyou 2 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Danny Replyto  AS 4yearsago Didyouevergetthisfiguredout?I’vebeenratelimitedlikethislike10timesoverthepastcoupleofdaysnow,andI’mnotevenusingascript.I’mjustmanuallyunlikingeverythinginmylist. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Danny 4yearsago Sorrytohearthat.TobehonestIdon’tknow.Idoknowthatthereareanumberoflimitssetbyalgorithmsinthebackground.Theremaynotbeahardlimit,butyouraccountcouldhavebeenlimited.I’vereachedouttoAndyPiperonTwittertoseeifhecanaddanyclarification.I’llletyouknowifheresponds.Ian 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Mark 4yearsago Whataboutlikes?I’vebeentryingtomanagemy“Likes”pageand“manually”deletedseveralthousandandnowIcan’tseemyLikeshistory?Doyouknowoftherulesthere?AndI’mnotsurewhyIcan’tmanuallyremovemylikes(un-likepriorlikes).Thoughtswouldbemuchappreciated! 1 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Macy 4yearsago helloian!!myaccounthasthismessagepoppingeverytimeitrytofollowpeople“LimitReached.Youareunabletofollowaccountsatthistime.”Iamawarethatihavebeenaggressivelyfollowingandufollowingpeople,butijustwanttoashowlongitwilllast. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Macy 4yearsago HiMacy,thisusuallyonlyhappensfora24hourperiod.Butbecareful,ifTwitterdetectsthatyouareaggressivelyfollowing/unfollowingyou,youcouldhaveyouraccountsuspended.Letmeknowhowyougeton.Ian 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Ailie Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago Pleaseunsubscribeme.I’mgettingtoomanyemailsingeneralinmyinbox. Thanks(nothingpersonalIpromisexx) 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal ChrisShop 4yearsago Hi!Greatarticle!IhaveaquestionIcan’tfindtheanswerto.HowcomewhenIscrollthrufolksIfollow(thelinkundermyprofile)usingmyphone,Ican’tgettothebottomoftheactuallist,anditstopsscrollingandallIseeissimplyatinygreydot?It’snotmyphone’smemoryeitherasIhavea128GBpixel2xlwithover100GBfree.I’vetriedeverything.Samethinghappenswiththelistoffolksfollowingme.Plus,I’monlytalkingabout1800folksIfollowandabout1500intotallistofthosewhoarefollowingme.Thanksmuchfortheinfo. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  ChrisShop 4yearsago Hi,Yes,thisfrustratesmetoo.Twitterissupposedtorefreshwithnewresults,butsometimesthereisaglitchandyoucan’tscrollbackacertainamount.Tryitonthedesktopandseeifthatworksbetter.Butevenso,I’vehadissuestheretoo.Onyourphone,youcoulddeleteyourcacheoruninstallTwitterandtheninstallitagain. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal RyanCoon 4yearsago Iamworkingthroughsproutsocialandhadaquickquestion.IfIgettoomanyfailedtweetsduetolikecontentortoomanydirectretweetsdoesmyfuturetweetsorprofilebecomeaffected?ThankYou 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal 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 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago Addendum–meagain,Ian.Icheckedmyaccountandabigchunkofmyfollowershavedisappeared…maybetheywerethe“spoiler”accounts.Howeverinaddition,Iappeartobefollowingnobodyatall.Hopingnormalservicewillbereturnedtomorrow.LuckilyImaintainalotoflists[they’reabitchaotic]butIshouldbeabletotrackmostofthemdown! 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago Interesting.Theycouldbespammyaccountsthatwerefollowingyou.Twittermayhavedeletedthoseaccounts.That’sagoodthing,althoughitdoesmeanthatyourfollowercountgoesdown.Butweirdthatyou’renotfollowinganyone.Iassumeyourlistsareok?Hasanythingcomebacknow? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal 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 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago Thanksfortheupdate.Yes,Twitter’sspamalgorithmscanbealittleoverzealoussometimes.Butgreattoknowtheyaretakingresponsibilitythistimeandadmittedthatyoursgotcaughtupinthemix.Gladtheygotbacktoitquickly.ThelasttimethishappenedwastoanotheraccountandIhadtowaitaround12days! 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal gmansahrma 4yearsago veryusefulinformation. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal MadelineMcewen-Asker Replyto  gmansahrma 4yearsago Gladitishelpingsomeone! CheersMaddy MadelineMcEwen:- “Ihavespentmostofthedayputtinginacomma,andtherestofthedaytakingitout.”OscarWilde 1 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago WhatIfindannoyingiswhensomebodysuggestsyoufollowXperson[becauseyouhavesimilarinterestsorwhatever][plusTwitterGIVESyousuggestionsaboutwhotofollow]andthenwhenyoudo,andaddthemtoaliste.g.writers,creatives,bloggers,thentheydisappearforsomeunaccountablereasonandthenyoubumpintothemagainandgothroughthewholerigamaroleagain.Confused. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago HiMadeline,sorryIdidn’trespondtothislastmonth.Thatisreallyweird.So,haveyoufoundthat,althoughyoudidfollowthem,youfindoutthatyouarenolongerfollowingthemlateron?Isthisalsothesamewiththelist?Aretheyremovedfromyourlisttoo?Ihaven’tfoundthismyself,buttherewassomethingcalledthe“unfollowbug”afewyearsback.Icouldn’tworkoutwhetheritwasactuallyabugbutsomethingweirdwasgoingon. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Jan Replyto  MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago IsimilarlylosesomepeopleIthoughtIwasfollowingandthenIdon’tknowifIjustlistedthemanddidn’tactuallyfollow,orsomeoneelse’s“likes”andRTswereputtingtheminmytimelinesoIthoughtIwasonfollowbutwasn’tactually,orIwasfollowingandtheyblockedandthenunblockedmetoremovemyfollow,oriftherewasaglitch. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Sheetal 4yearsago IhavebeenmessagingapersonsinceJunelastyearandhaven’tdeletedthemessagesatall.lastweekithoughtthepersonflaggedmydm.Hesaidhehasn’t.Andsentmethescreenshotofhisdminbox.thenwhycan’tIdmhimanymore? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Sheetal 4yearsago That’sodd.Hecouldhavechangedhissettings.Ishefollowingyou?Iassumehehasn’tblockedyou?YoucanchangethesettingstoonlybeabletoreceiveDMsfrompeopleyoufollow. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal David 4yearsago Hi,Ian Mustsaygreatandthewayyoupresenteditisremarkable.Thanksforsharingsuchaninformativepost,keepsharing. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal CynthiaChen 4yearsago Hi,myaccountjustgotlockedthriceinarowandIdon’tknowwhybecauseIdidnotviolateanytwitterrules!Thefirsttimeandsecondtime,IwaslockedoutafterIlikedatweetofsomeonetryingtopacifyahatercomment.ThethirdtimeIgotlockedoutwhileIwasscrollingdowntwittersupporttoaskaboutwhyIgotlockedout.NowitsaysthatI’veexceededtheamountoftimeIcanverifymyphonenumberandto“trylater”.Doyouknowhowlatethatwouldbe?It’salreadybeenaday!Ihavearound8followersandfollowlessthan20accounts. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  CynthiaChen 4yearsago Sorryfornotreplyinguntilnow.That’sodd.I’venotheardofalimittothenumberoftimesyoucanverifyyourphonenumber.I’mnotsurewhattorecommendatthisstagebutIhopeafterafewmoredaysitwillsortitselfout. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal 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 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal 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 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Noli 4yearsago Hiidontknowifyoucanhelpmebutmyaccwaslockandiunlockeditusingmycodebuticantfollowanyoneidontknowwhypleasehelpme 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Noli 4yearsago HiNoli.Thatisveryfrustrating.Areyoureceivinganyerrormessageswhenyoutryandfollowpeople?Haveyoutrieddoingthisonthedesktopversionoftwitter.com?Alsochecktoseeifyouraccounthasbeensuspended–asthatmightaccountfortherestrictions.YoucanapplytoTwittertogetitunsuspendedwhenyouseethemessage. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal RebekahDonohue 4yearsago Hi;don’tknowifyoucanhelpornot,butIrecentlystartedUnfollowspyandeverydaytheygivemeacountaveraginganadditionof15followersbut12–14unfollowers,everyday.Thishasheldapatternforthreetofourweeks,everyday.Toolongtobecoincidence.I’vetriedtocontactunfollowspy.comwithnoluck.ItseemsthateitherTwitterorunfollowspy.cisremovingfollowerstoaverageoutaccountsIpickupeachdaysoInevergrowpastwhereIamwhichisrightat2150. WhatdoIdo? Thankssomuch! 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal 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 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Peter 4yearsago Somethingyoumaywanttoincludeisthatthereappearstobealimittohowmanytweetsyoucanfavourite/likeperday.IwentonalikingspreeandgothitwithanerrormessagesayingIhadexceededdailylimitsataroundthe1000mark.Thereisdefinitelyalikeratelimit(APIisdefinedindocsandforthewebsitenotdocumented). 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Peter 4yearsago HiPeter.Yes,Ithinkyou’reright.TherearelotsofhiddenlimitsthatTwitteruse.Theproblemisthattheyarenotdocumented,andthelimitschangefromusertouser.That’sbecausetheyusealgorithmstodetectwhatthoselimitsshouldbe–atleastthisismyunderstanding.Thanksfor 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal MadelineMcewen-Asker Replyto  Peter 4yearsago That’sinteresting.YesterdayItrieddoingmorelikesandlessretweeting[relativelynewtoTwitter]andthismorningmyaccountwassuspended? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  MadelineMcewen-Asker 4yearsago Reallyannoyingwhenthathappens.Twitterhasalgorithmsthattryandworkoutwhetheraccountsaredoingthingsthatgoagainsttheirtermsandconditions.Becausetheyareprograms,theysometimesgetthingswrong.Ithappenedtooneofmysecondaryaccountsafewyearsback.ThankfullyIgotitreversed,butreallyannoying, 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Katt 4yearsago Iwasrecentlylockedoutbutcouldreturnbyprovidingmyphonenumber. However,thisdidnottellmethereasonIwassuspended. IsitagainstTwitterrulestoTweettojustanyone?…Imean,ifyouareinterestedinacertainsubject….anddoa“search”forpeoplewiththesameinterests….isitagainstTwitterrulestosendtheminformationorlinksbaseduponyoursharedinterests? Also,IseeintheTwitter“rules”thatapersoncanbelockedoutiftheyhavebeenreportedasSpamming…..Wouldn’tthisallow“likeminded”peopletobantogethertoremoveTweetswhichtheyfeelrunagainsttheirbestinterests?….sayRacistAlt-RightmemberscomplainingaboutBlackLiberalaccounts….. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Katt 4yearsago 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 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Lele 4yearsago IjustopenedmyfirstTwitteraccountandgotsuspended(lockedout)forfollowing100peoplein1day,yetthelimitis1,000?IwasmainlyjustfollowingthepeopleIlike(friends,celebs,youtubers,etc)…What“should”ourdailylimitbeifI’mgettinglockedoutfor100?Idon’twanttogetintroubleagain.Thanks! 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Lele 4yearsago Unfortunately,you’vebeenhitbyanautomatedlimitbyTwitter’salgorithm.Althoughthelimitsstatedinthisarticlearestilltrue,Twitterhasalgorithmscheckingforanythingunusual.Ifitspotstoomuchgoingon,itcanflagthisandtemporarilysuspendyou.Quiteoftenitgetsitwrongwhichisfrustrating.Ithinkwhenyou’renewtoTwitter,it’sbesttokeeptoamuchlowerlimit,tobeginwith.Maybefollow10-20perday,tobeginwith,andthenslowlyincreaseit. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal ClaudioZavala 5yearsago SoLikingaTweetcountsagainstyour2,400Tweetsperday? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  ClaudioZavala 4yearsago No,thatwillbeaseparatelimit.Unfortunately,I’venotseenanythingfromTwitterthatgiveswhatthatlimitis. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal SYNTHESIS Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago HelloIanandeveryoneelse.Ithinkicanhelpyouatthispoint. Inourbusinessaccount(sinceJan2014withverifyphone,app,andmuchmore)thislimitisbetween290and310tweetseverytwohours. Respectively,οnmyownpersonalaccount(since2008withoutverifymyphoneandanythingelse)thislimitisadjustedto190and210pertwohours. Ihopeihelpedyou. 7 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  SYNTHESIS 4yearsago Thankssomuch.Thatisveryhelpful. Ithinkthehourlylimitchangesfrompersontoperson,andmaybecalculatedbyanalgorithm.I’vefoundIcanfollow300-500peoplewithinonehour,althoughI’veonlydonethatveryrarely.Asforlikes,I’venevertriedtotestit–thatisbasicallybecauseIonlyusethelikebuttonafewtimesperday. Thanksagainforsharing!Ian 1 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal SYNTHESIS Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago It’smypleasureIan. Yesanddon’tforget,thesealgorithm-limitsincludeactionsfromalldevices,includingweb,mobile,phone,API,etc. APIrequestsfromallthird-partyapplicationsaretrackedagainstthehourlyAPIlimit.Peoplewhousemultiplethird-partyapplicationswiththeiraccountwillthereforereachtheAPIlimitmorequickly. Regards. 2 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  SYNTHESIS 4yearsago That’sagreatpoint.Eachapphastheirownlimitssetwithin15minutewindows–https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/basics/rate-limits.htmlButIthinkyou’rerightinTwitter’salgorithmshavingabiggerpictureandtakingeverythingintoaccounttoo. 2 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Michelle 5yearsago Hi,canIask?AnyearagoIhavebeenmakethefirsttwitteraccount.AndIusemytelephonenumber,Iamsilly,Ijustforgetthepassword.SoIdecidetocreateanotheraccount.Iusedmytelephonenumberagain.HowmanytimescanIthephonenumberuse?Igotaban.Ithinkthisisbecauseofthesamenumber.Iamsorryifthisguestionisstupid.HaveanicedayMichelle. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Michelle 5yearsago That’sagoodquestion!Firstofall,couldn’tyouresetthepasswordofyouroriginalTwitteraccount? AsforhowmanytimesyoucanusethesamephonenumberacrossdifferentTwitteraccounts,Ireallydon’tknow.Iwouldn’thavethoughttherewasalimit.Youshouldn’thavebeenbannedbecauseofthat.Ihave2or3Twitteraccountsthatusethesamenumber.Ian 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Stephen Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago Thereisalimit,possiblyaround10or15. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal PetrSejba Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago IhavecheckedTwitterhelpawhileagoandtheysaywecanaddthesamephonenumberto10accounts. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal 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 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  SYNTHESIS 4yearsago Thanksforthat!Reallyhelpfulupdate.Ian 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal SYNTHESIS Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago It’smypleasureIan. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal solly 5yearsago HiIan whenifollowsomeonehenotgetnotificationthatifollowedhimwhatcanido? kindlyhelpme. 1 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Matt Replyto  solly 5yearsago Thisisactuallyhappeningtomeaswellsuddenly.Somethinggotchanged. 1 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal solly Replyto  Matt 5yearsago sohowifixit? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  solly 5yearsago Theotherpersonneedstohavenotificationsfornewpeoplefollowingthemswitchedonintheirsettings.However,Twittersometimestriestobe“helpful”andreducethenumberofemailsitsendsoutandsotheymaynotreceivethatnotification.Thatshouldn’tstopthemreceivinganotificationintheTwitterappthough.Ifso,itmaybeatemporaryglitch. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Matt Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago Yeahthatsbeenglitchingoutabit.ifyougotoyourfollowersitwilllisttheminorderoffollowing.soiftheywanttofolloweveryonebackandnotmisssome.whicharegettingleftoutinthenotifications. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Matt 4yearsago Yes,Twitter(andactuallymostnetworks)don’tsendoutnotificationsforeverything.Ifindthisfrustrating,becauseIwantemailnotificationsonforeverythingsinceIusemyGMailaccountformycentralrepository.IdidbuildanappcalledTwoolswhichyoucanconnectwithIFTTTtohelpwiththis,butit’sabitgeeky.Ian 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal 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 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Luss 5yearsago HiIan! HowcomewhenIfollowsomeoneontwitter,IlookattheirpagethenextdayanditsaysI’mnotfollowingthemanymore? Ihaven’thitafollowinglimit. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal 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 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Luss Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago Manythanksforthereply.ItishappeningwithlargenumberofpeopleandIfoundoutthatitisthe“TwitterUnfollowBug”. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Hugo 5yearsago Hi.Thanksforwritingandmaintainingthisusefularticle. Twitter’sdocslisttheDMlimitas1000perday. https://support.twitter.com/articles/15364 Isthereareasonyou’relistingitas250? Hopeyoucanclarify. Bestregards. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Hugo 5yearsago Thanksforthis,Hugo.Wellspotted.TwitterhaveupdatedthemaxnumberofDMsfrom250to1,000.Ihaveupdatedthearticleaccordingly.IjustwishtheyhadabetterUIfordirectmessagesandhadsomefilteringbecauseIstillgetalotofspammyDMs! 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Kelvin 5yearsago WheneverItrytolikeatweet,thebuttonturnsredandthenrevertsbacktoitsgreyishcolour.Whatcouldbetheproblem? 7 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Kelvin 5yearsago HiKelvin,sorrytohearthisproblemyou’rehaving.ItsoundslikeTwitterhaveimposedalimitonyouraccount.Hasyouraccountbeensuspendedorhaveyoureceivedanymessageswhenyouloginorviaemail?Besttocheck. Orjustwaitandseeifthelimitislifted. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Mark Replyto  Kelvin 5yearsago Iamhavingthesameproblem.Diditstartworkingonitsown?Howlongwasitnotworking? 2 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Mark 5yearsago I’dlovetoknowwhethertheissueresolveditself.I’venotseenthisissuemyself.Letmeknowifitdoesstartworkingagain. 2 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Valerie Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago I’vehadtheproblemof“disappearinglikes”severaltimes.Itfixesitselfbythenextday-neversooner.Ican’ttrackexacttimebutthisisdefinitelyaproblem.I’verequestedTwittersupport4-5xandnevergotaresponse.WishIknewwhythiswashappening! 2 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal AngelaRosaHurston 5yearsago Apparentlywe’vereachedsomekindoffollowingceilingwithonlyabout200.Icreatedsupporttickctbutonlygoanemailthatsays”YouraccountappearstohaveexhibitedautomatedbehaviorthatviolatestheTwitterRules”andthatIshouldseeapromptlettingmeknowmyacctislockedandtoclickstart.Butidon’tseeanyofthat.Icanseemyprofilebutcan’tdoanything,followback,tweet,etc.Ican’teventweettoTwittersupport.Isthistemporary?Ifsohowlongwoulditlast?Howcanyoubuildyouraccountwithoutfollowingpeopleyoulike.I’dappreciateanysuggestions. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal 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 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Sewingdeal.in 5yearsago Usefularticle 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Shoni 5yearsago CanaverifiedaccountholderseemytweetsifItweetthemwithaprotectedtwitteraccount,withoutfollowingme? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Shoni 5yearsago No.Ifyou’veprotectedyourTwitteraccount,onlythepeopleyouhaveacceptedtofollowyoucanseeyourTweets. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Shoni Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago Thankyouforreplying.Yes,Iknowthatwecanseeprotectedtweetsonlyifwe’refollowingeachother.Ijustthoughtmaybeverifiedaccountshavesomespecialfeatures?Andmaybetheycanseetheirprotectedmentionstoo? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Shoni 5yearsago Iunderstand.IthinksomeverifiedusershaveextrafiltersinTwitter,butthat’sit.Therewouldbeoutcryifverifieduserscouldseeotherpeople’sprotectedTweets.It’sdefinitelynotthecasethattheycanseethemiftheydon’tfollowyou.Ian 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Shoni Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago ThankyouIan 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Shoni Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago Thenwhataboutallthosefansandpeoplewhotweetcelebritieswiththeirprotectedaccounts?Simplywasteoftime? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Shoni 5yearsago Youmean,ifthecelebshaveprotectedaccounts? Well,it’skindofpointless,inthattheonlypeoplewhowouldseetheseretweetsarethepeoplewhoalsofollowthatceleb. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Shoni 5yearsago Canyouupdateonthis? CanaverifiedaccountholderonTwitterseeorreadhisprivatementionssentbyaprotectedaccount? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Partha 5yearsago Greatpost.Howdomarketingcompaniesovercometheselimits?Forexample,forthe2400Twitternotificationlimitperday,isthereawaytobuyadditionalnotificationcapabilityfromTwitter? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Partha 5yearsago Reallyinterestingquestion,Partha.Unfortunatelyyoucan’tbreakthroughtheselimits,notevenifyouofferTwittermoney! 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Amber 5yearsago Hithere,wheneverItrytolikeatweet,theheartwillgoredbutimmediatelygoback,‘unliked’asitwere.It’shappenedafewtimesoffandonbutalwaysseemstocorrect.I’vechangedpasswords,etcbutwonderifI’mnothittingalimit.Ican’tfindanyinfo.Thankyou 6 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal SydneyEvangelist Replyto  Amber 5yearsago samehere!it’sbeendoingthisforaboutadayonmyphoneandcomputer.idon’tknowhowtofixit🙁helppppp 4 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Amber 5yearsago Weird,sorrytohearthat,Amber.Canyoucheckthatyouraccountisinfullworkingorder?Iassumeyou’venotbeensentanemailfromTwittersayingyouraccounthasbeensuspended?Otherthanthat,thenperhapsyouhavereachedalimit.I’mnotawareofalikelimit,butTwitterdohavehardlimitsinternallyaswellaslimitsthatchangefordifferentusers–theseareunfortunatelysetbyalgorithmswhichsometimesgetitwrong.AndunfortunatelyTwittersupportaren’tgreatatgettingbacktoyou.IdohaveonecontactthatI’lltryandask,butIamnotoverlyconfidentI’llgetaresponse! 2 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Jan Replyto  IanAndersonGray 4yearsago Thishappenstomeevenwithlowuseage.Sometimesthefirstorthirdlike.Unliketheyjustdon’twantmetoreadTwitterwithoutnecessarilypostingeveryday,Ithinkit’sunlikelytoberelatedtoausagealgorithm. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal sourav 5yearsago Whataboutabuseofhashtags?cananyonehelpmeonthat….Iwanttostartpromotingmysite,butIdon’twannagetbanned/suspended 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  sourav 5yearsago Idon’tthinkthereisalimitonthenumberofhashtagsyoucanuse.However,I’drecommendnotgoingmad–justbecausetoomanghashtagscanbeoffputtingtoyouraudience.Iwouldsay2or3hashtagsperTweetisoptimum.OnInstagram,however,youcangomad.ThemorehashtagsonInstagram,thebetter! 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal ted 5yearsago IhadtroubleretweetingasIthinktheTwitteralgorithmbannedmefromdoingsobecauseofmyhashtagcampaignonanissue.NowIfoundawayarounditbyusingtwitterURL’sinbit.lyanditworkedbriefly.NowIcan’tsendanyURLorretweetandcanonlysendnormaltweets,oneswithhashtagsandpictures!!IfItry,noneofmyretweetsortweetswithURL’sappearunder#hashtags,butmyotherregulartweetsinstantlydoappear.Arrrggggh.Knowanysolution,please?Cheers FlagthismessageDeletethismessage 1 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  ted 5yearsago HiTed,sorryforthedelayingettingbacktoyou.IamsurprisedthatTwitterwouldhavebannedyoufromhashtagusage.Canyouexplainwhatyoudid?Itsoundsveryodd.Whenyouaredoingyourhashtagsearch,areyoushowingallresultsandnotjusttopresults? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Stacy 5yearsago WhenIclickonsomeone’sfollowerslistonlyasmallfractionshowup.Forexamplethisperson’spagesaystheyhave800followersbutwhenIclickon“followers”only23peopleshowupinthelist.ThereisthelittletweetybirdatthebottomsoIknowIhavereachedtheend.Howdotheydothat? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Stacy 5yearsago HiStacy.Thatisverystrange.IassumethisisontheTwitterwebsite?Haveyoutriedthemobileappandseeifyougetthesame? 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Mark 5yearsago Hi! SincethebeginningofNovemberIhavenotbeenabletotagpeopleinmyphotosintweets–Icanchoosethem,butafterpublishingthetweetallofthemdisappear.Doyouknowwhatisaproblem? 1 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal Ramiro Replyto  Mark 5yearsago Thatsexactlywhatshappeningtomerightnow.Wehaveanewsdigitalwebaccountandwecanttagpeopleinphotos.Wetriedeverythingbutnosolution. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal IanAndersonGray Author Replyto  Ramiro 5yearsago SorrytohearthisMarkandRamiro.Ihaven’tcomeacrossthisbugbeforeandI’venotfoundanythingformsearchingtheweb.YoucouldtryandcontactTwittersupportathttps://twitter.com/Support/althoughthey’reverybadatreplying. 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal PamelaWoodward Replyto  IanAndersonGray 5yearsago Cansomeonefollowyoufortheirownagendathenmuteyouasnottogeturtweetssotheirpagecanstaycleanwiththeirpolitics?Iblockedthemandfollowpeopleinphilosophy&Judaismandkeepitclean 0 TranslateEnglishShowallOriginal LoadMoreComments wpDiscuzInsertCommentAuthorInfo YouaregoingtosendemailtoSendMoveCommentMoveTranslateintoAfrikaansAlbanianArabicArmenianAzerbaijanBasqueBelarusianBosnianBulgarianCatalanChineseCroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEstonianFinishFrenchGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekHaitian(Creole)HungarianIcelandicIndonesianIrishItalianJapaneseKazakhKoreanKyrgyzLatinLatvianLithuanianMacedonianMalagasyMalayMalteseMongolianNorwegianPersianPolishPortugueseRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakianSlovenianSpanishSwahiliSwedishTagalogTajikTatarThaiTurkishUkrainianUzbekVietnameseWelshYiddish