The Upgrade

Should Twitter Get Rid of Follower Counts?

The possibility feels closer than ever

Lance Ulanoff
OneZero
Published in
7 min readJan 24, 2019

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IfIf Twitter was a megaphone, you’d measure its volume through follower counts. The difference between an account with 45 followers and an account with 45,000 is like the difference between a grade school music class and a concert at Madison Square Garden.

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Lance Ulanoff
OneZero

Tech expert, journalist, social media commentator, amateur cartoonist and robotics fan.