INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Reports say the powers-that-be on the platform have suspended some 70 million accounts over the course of May and June, which works out to
more than a million a day, and the purge is apparently still ongoing.That's according to a report from The Washington Post, which says
Twitter has been stung by recent criticism and is taking stronger action than ever before
The downside is, of course, that it's going to have to report lower user numbers as well.The clean-up is apparently focusing on automated
and spammy accounts, the sort that are run by software or designed to funnel you through to affiliate links that can make a few pennies for
If you start seeing less junk in the feed when you open up the Twitter app, now you know why.Fight the spamGizmodo reports that Twitter is
serve useful and legitimate purposes of course
Third-party analysts reckon those numbers could be a lot higher, which means the action being taken now will really hit the social network's
user numbers.At the last count, Twitter reported having 336 million active users who log into the platform at least once a month
It remains to be seen just how much the spambot crackdown is going to affect those numbers, but it should improve the experience for the
