How Many Fake Followers Do You Have? (Part 2)

This is the second of a two part series about fake followers. Part one

So how many fake Twitter followers do you have?

For Twitter it is possible for you to clean up the people who you are following, and there are many tools for that. However, you have only a few options (see below) over who chooses to follow you… unless you plunge into the murky waters and buy fakes! Be careful of your company colleagues (or your agencies) looking at this quick win. It is a false win in so many ways!

Here are some example results:

To be balanced, what about my own account?

Celebrity and well known business accounts do attract higher fake followers of one type or another.

Inactive accounts and not reachable are counted here. So older accounts might get higher % results.

I also analyzed Twitter accounts of people who sell fake Twitter accounts. In my research I found that they fell into 2 categories:
– They did not bother to have hardly any followers at all.. or
– They loaded up with as many fakes as they could use!

You can work out your own using This tool

Are fake accounts harmful?

Some fake accounts are just a harmless fake name, maybe no bio and no profile picture, but some are more dangerous. Some might be hackers and internet criminals that may send out malicious Twitter bots to follow you. There are some options available, like protecting tweets, reporting accounts and blocking accounts. Here is a blog post listing the options available to you.

How do you feel about fake followers?

If you know me, you will know that this topic is one that really gets me going! Red hot! The sellers of fakes often turn up on accounts without an invite. On my Facebook fan page I sometimes get a message like “I added 2 followers to your page so if you want more just go to…” and how often do you find comments on your Instagram posts from sellers promoting fake likes. Grrrrr! So what you you think about fakes?

This is the second of a two part series about fake followers. Here is a link to Part one of this topic.

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