Which tweet lost me followers

On Saturday morning, he had , followers. By the end of the day, he was down to , Mike Pompeo posted an image of the recent changes in follower counts of several prominent politicians.

All of the Republicans had lost followers while all of the Democrats had gained new ones. Pompeo tweeted. In response, Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted that she has lost 50, followers this week. Before that, she was steadily gaining followers. Perhaps the storming of the capitol by a mob of Trump supporters has something to do with it.

For other users, follower counts are a point of pride. Tech executive Elon Musk saw the smallest dip, 0. The median decline in the top was about , followers, according to the data. Twitter said its service-wide average drop was expected to be four followers.

Twitter declined to provide additional data. On the flip side, this new thing called social media was beginning to gain traction. Though many platforms were a few years old, it was the period when businesses wanted to try to understand and exercise the benefits of these channels. I was instructed by several mentors to get involved, learn the tools, appreciate how businesses can take advantage, etc.

So I did. I set out on a — what would soon become a seven-year journey — to be a Twitter all-star. I treated it like a second job. I would get home from work each night and devote at least two hours to the cause. It certainly helped give me credibility when I spoke to clients about social media marketing.

Throughout the time when I was highly active, I was often asked my peers and clients how I accumulated such a following. I would use the search tool and hashtags to find people in PR, marketing, and technology, etc. Many users came and went. Some I continue to talk to today. After each event, I would follow all users who I interacted with throughout the chat.

Most would immediately follow back. By using the owned hashtags for the event, my tweets would be noticed among other participants both live and online and cause quite a few follow backs. I also participated in a few live Tweet-Ups, gatherings made up of active Twitter users in a certain area. I wanted to follow and get follow backs from people who were in my industry. I used Twitter lists like mad to classify and organize my following. I also used Twitter directories to find relevant handles based on topics.

It helped me get noticed. Content creation is important because people look to you as a source of rich information, as a thought leader. Some on behalf of my business, some that I did on my own time simply to support my Twitter initiative.