Twitter finally did it. Tens of thousands of fake and bot accounts were taken down in a bid to have "meaningful and accurate" follower counts. But the impact of Twitter's purging act could have made a lot of people upset as many account holders lost followers at the count of millions.
Katy Perry lost 1.3 million followers, Barack Obama lost 3 million while the official Twitter account lost the highest, 7.5 million followers, in just a day. All this due to Twitter's major crackdown on fake accounts or those that had suspicious activities.
Twitter's policy change is a serious attempt to end the long-standing problem of fake and bot-run accounts, many Twitter users took this opportunity to add a humorous spin to it. These hilarious tweets will definitely make you feel less bad about losing followers and share a laugh in the event of Twitter's purge.
Live footage of twitter employees right now. #TwitterPurge pic.twitter.com/VllCT9Ui51
— MCM Comic Con (@MCMComicCon) July 12, 2018
If you see this message, I survived the great #TwitterPurge of 2018...
— TOᑭ ᖇOᑭE TᖇAViS ?? (@TopRopeTravis) July 13, 2018
I tried to tell you all I wasn’t a bot.
Also, if you see this message, you survived the purge as well.
Congratulations, tomorrow we resist, organize, and energize again!
Jesus had only 12 followers , glad that he is not on Twitter.
— ?? (@AndColorPockeT) July 13, 2018
#TwitterPurge
Twitter celebs Before V/s After#TwitterPurge pic.twitter.com/KWHG4rl3Zn
— Attraversiamo !! (@i_upasana) July 13, 2018
Update: Money can not buy you (fake) happiness.#TwitterPurge
— Arya Stark (@paharganj2paris) July 13, 2018
You may remove bots
— Rajma Rice ? (@NE0_11) July 13, 2018
But how will you remove those angel priyas ? #TwitterPurge
When you don't loose any single follower in #TwitterPurge ? pic.twitter.com/J205XdINE5
— Hiral (@HiralShah27) July 13, 2018
Twitter celebs before #TwitterPurge and after.??? pic.twitter.com/EC6bW9EprH
— Bhrustrated® (@AnupamUncl) July 13, 2018
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