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Scaling Web 2.0 – Reaching The Limits

Started by Corvida · 10 months ago

Last week Twitter implemented a limit on the number of people you’re allowed to follow. I’ve seen numerous numbers, but the common limit seems to be 2k users. While the limit is a work in progress, that’s a lot of (hopefully) great conversation to go around. However, for major players in the web game, [...] ... Continue reading »

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  • Rahsheen

    10 months ago

    I just feel like there shouldn't be limits on how many people you can follow. I know it benefits the service as far as scaling, but it doesn't benefit the user at all.

    There must be more intelligent ways to curtail spam. It's not as if a spammer won't just create multiple accounts in order to reach as many people as possible. This method is just not all that useful if you think about it.
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  • Shey

    10 months ago

    I'm a long way from 2,000 and will probably never get there, so it won't make me leave Twitter.

    I've heard some say you can follow more than 2,000 is you have at least an equal amount of followers. Is this true?
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  • achernow

    10 months ago

    I'm at 143, both for people I'm following and followers of me. It just happened to work out that way, though, since there's people who follow me that I don't follow and the other way around as well. But anyway, I'm more than a long ways off from following 2,000 but honestly, I have a hard time keeping up with the 143 people I do follow. In fact, I've considered doing a "following cut" on Twitter because of that. Now, I'm not saying that it can't be done, but frankly there's not much value in following 2,000 people.

    -Adam
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  • ChaCha Fance

    10 months ago

    I see the issue but I'm still wondering why it's such a big deal?! People are acting like it's the end of the world. There are other services out there very similar too & often better than Twitter, so why not just switch now?
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  • Corvida

    10 months ago

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  • charlieanzman

    10 months ago

    Corvida - Noticed the hits coming from your related posts. I like your take. Not sure if crowdsourcing will ever go away but limiting users for this reason or because an app can't handle the volume isn't the answer. The web's getting bigger every day?!
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  • gregorylent

    10 months ago

    they have limited the tweets you get from the people you follow, even if it is less than 50. i see maybe 20%.
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  • Jas Talents and Models

    5 months ago

    Limiting the number of followers is not the be all and end all solution. Perhaps Twitter should have had looked at other avenues.
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