The One Thing You Can Do On Twitter That Will Drive All Your Followers Away

It might sound ironic, but the absolute worst thing you can do on Twitter if you’re looking for more followers is to ask for them. Begging for followers is a favorite pastime of scammers, spammers and many of the uninitiated, and it will drive your followers away faster than begging for money.

Begging for followers just reeks of desperation. And people can feel it.

You might have seen tweets like this pop up in your timeline from time to time:

“Plz follow @SomeRandomUser they are so cool!”

These tweets are even sometimes directed right to you with an @mention.

If your initial reaction to this is to turn up your nose at such a blatant attempt by @SomeRandomUser to score some new followers, you’re right to.

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