Twitter Users May Witness Dip in Followers as Elon Musk Has New Plans for Spams

Elon Musk has reportedly also shown interest in the idea of increasing the character limit for Twitter.

By Reuters | Updated: 1 December 2022 18:00 IST

Twitter Users May Witness Dip in Followers as Elon Musk Has New Plans for Spams

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Elon Musk has also announced the inclusion of a multi-coloured verification system

Highlights

Musk is also planning to up Twitter's character limit from 280 to 1000
Twitter is also experiencing mass exodus of advertisers, users
Musk recently claimed that new user signups reached an all-time high

If you witness a drop in your follower count on Twitter, then fret not. Twitter's new boss Elon Musk is working on "purging a lot" of spam/scam accounts. On Thursday, Musk took to his Twitter account and shared the particular update with everyone.

He tweeted, "Twitter is purging a lot of spam/scam accounts right now, so you may see your follower count drop."

Twitter is purging a lot of spam/scam accounts right now, so you may see your follower count drop
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 1, 2022

Musk is also planning to up Twitter's character limit from 280 to 1000.

A few days ago, a social media user tagged Musk and tweeted, " Idea on expanding character limit to 1000."

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In response, Musk wrote, "It's on the to-do list."

The character limit has been one of the prime differences between Twitter and other social media services. Musk has shown interest in the idea of increasing the character limit on a number of occasions since his takeover of the platform, as per a report by Mashable. On November 27, a Twitter user suggested to Musk to increase the platform's word limit from 280 to 420.

"Good idea" Musk wrote in response. Prior to that, another user had suggested: "get rid of character limits."

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"Absolutely", the multi-billionaire responded.

Now, we have to wait and see when Musk finally makes the changes regarding the character limit.

Another change announced by Tesla CEO Musk for the microblogging site is the inclusion of a multi-coloured verification system. As per Musk's plans, Twitter will introduce a new three-coloured verification checkmark system which will replace the previous 'Twitter Blue' service. The new Twitter Blue verification service will tentatively be relaunched on December 2, according to Musk.

Last month, Musk stated that the new user signups to the social media platform have reached an "all-time high", while the billionaire struggles with a mass exodus of advertisers and users fleeing to other platforms. Musk, in his tweet, mentioned that the signups on the microblogging site have reached an average of over two million per day as of November 16.

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