Doug, thanks - that makes total sense, and I agree with you there. Jesse
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Doug Williams <d...@twitter.com> wrote: > There is no limit to the number of unfollows. Using software to constantly > churn followers in a repeated pattern of following and unfollowing will > however risk suspension. > > Thanks, > Doug > > > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Jesse Stay <jesses...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Is it true that there is now a rate limit on number of unfollows per day? >> One of my users said that your support rep is telling them they risk >> suspension if they go over 500 unfollows a day. Might be worth an >> announcement if that is the case so we can share that with our users... >> >> If I can suggest against this, or perhaps another solution (or an >> exception for certain cases), one of the services I offer is the ability to >> remove all of your friends at once. This is something Loic Lemeur and >> others have done, and I think some times some people just want to start >> over. With a 500/day limit it may be near impossible for some people to >> remove all their friends at once. >> >> A better solution to kill spam, as I mentioned before, is to remove the >> follow limits and ratios on people that are already following an individual >> before that individual follows them, and increase the limits (I think 200 >> per day would be fine) for people trying to follow those that aren't already >> following them. I would leave out the unfollow limits due to the reasons >> specified, and they would be unnecessary with the limit rules I mentioned. >> >> Jesse >> > >
