Questions tagged [followers]

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How to find my tweets where a specific user retweeted it?

I want to know if a specific user ever retweeted any of my tweets. For example: from:@username includes:nativeretweets filter:nativeretweets The above command gets part of what I want, but I need the ...
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Instagram: Can followers of a private user I also follow view a my private reel if I tag it with that user?

I have a private Instagram account and I follow another private account that follows me back. I follow no other accounts and I have no other followers. The private account I follow does have other ...
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Can i hide FB page followers?

It says Page follower lists are public but is there a way to hide the specific names? I've been hacked and have a huge bunch of fake followers I want to get rid or hide.
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How do I see list of people who follow me AND another person?

I'm shocked that it's so hard to find the answer to this question: How can I see which people following me also follow [some other person]? Twitter uses this precise relationship to determine who ...
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Making a community out of people you're following and followers in Twitter? [closed]

I just read an article that explains why I've had one like out of 320 tweets. Engagement rate is extremely low. However, I do have 21 followers! I love the way Twitter helps you find like-minded ...
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What's the difference between fans of a Facebook page and followers of a Facebook page?

Some time ago Facebook introduced followers for a Facebook page. So now Facebook pages can have both followers and fans. They have separated statistics and everything. In one of my page, followers and ...
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Following someone on Facebook - will they get notified?

Following on Facebook: If I start following someone (like a public figure) - they get notified about new followers? If I un-follow a friend and then re-follow him - will they get notified on any of ...
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How does "following" work on GitHub?

I have a GitHub account and I follow some of my friends and other people whose projects interest me. When following someone, I was expecting to see their public activity in my news feed, but it is not ...
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Easy way to unfollow users not also following me?

On Twitter, is there an easy way to unfollow users not also following me – or at least get a list of such users I'm following where there isn't reciprocation?
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How to hide Facebook followers list

I want to hide the names of my followers on Facebook. This image shows what I'm trying to achieve: How can I do that?
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How to track down the recent unfollowers on Twitter

Sometimes when I log in to Twitter, I realize that some users have stopped following me (there seems to be a decrease in the number of the followers). Is there a way to track down who those users are?
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Search only through tweets of people I'm following

Facebook has a feature that allows you to search through status messages that your friends have posted, but Twitter doesn't currently have that feature. Is it possible via the official Twitter ...
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Is it possible to see all followers of a Facebook account?

When I try to see all the followers of my Facebook account, after a few at the top which are randomly ordered, the rest is seen ordered alphabetically, and when I reach half of the usernames starting ...
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Following back Webstagram profiles that are set to private

I have a Webstagram (an Instagram viewer) account, since I don't have an iOS device, and some people that follow me have private profiles, so I can't follow them back. Is it possible for me to ...
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How to see a "hidden" follower on Tumblr?

I just wanted to know how to see all people who are following me on Tumblr. The easiest way for you to understand what I mean is by an example so let's say on my dashboard, where it indicates the ...
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What's going on with Twitter following limit per day?

Something strange is happening to different accounts I manage. Some accounts have the regular following limit of 1000 follows per day. But others let me follow up to 3000 follows per day sometimes. I ...
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How can I control who follows me on Twitter?

I tend to get a bunch of emails every week that say: JaneDoe (JaneDoe343) is now following your tweets on Twitter.is now following you. A little information about JaneDoe: 0 followers 1 ...
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How can I find mid-level influencers on Instagram? [closed]

I'd like to hire social influencers for an app I'm launching. The app is for 20-somethings who go to clubs and bars. I have a low budget, so I'd like to find some mid-level Instagram influencers (100k-...
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Bots/strange followers on Twitter: any problems if I ignore them?

From time to time I see strange Twitter handles following me on Twitter. I generally ignore them. Don't follow them (for sure, don't even look them up mostly). What can be the intention of these ...
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Twitter is making me follow random people

Twitter is making me follow random people. After two days of unfollowing them I get another dozens of people in my follow list. Did my account get hacked or something?
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How do I know who is following me on Tumblr?

In actual fact it is likely that no-one is following me, but I'm unable to figure out if I have zero followers or not as I can't seem to find any links to the list of my followers. Where does the ...
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Who is following me on Facebook

My information is showing that I have two followers but it only lists one. How can I find out who the other follower is?
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Decrease in Google+ followers

I'm not getting this. From last week, whenever I sign in my Google+ account I find a decreased number of followers. In fact, they didn't unfollow me. Is it really a bug or is it just me suffering with ...
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Is there a way to track gross number of Twitter followers gained?

I'm searching for a tool that will track the gross number of Twitter followers gained. Most tools I find will track the net amount, for example, if I were to gain 9 followers in a day, but lose 15, it ...
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How do I find out who is following me on Facebook?

On Facebook, someone is following me besides my friends and clicking the number of my followers on my page, brings me to a page for which a search for the word Follow comes up with no results (i.e. no ...
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Are the followers on a blog publicly visible?

I've got a blog and I've got a few followers who's blog's are related to stuff I'd...rather not be associated to. I know that I can't remove followers and that I can moderate the comments (I have a ...
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How to see historical follower statistics for Google Plus pages?

I'm a Google Plus page manager. I see how many followers my page has right this minute. But I can't see how many followers we had yesterday, or the week before. I'd like to know how many followers I ...
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Why do I see tweets on my timeline from people I'm not following?

I see a lot of people on my timeline that I do follow, and then a random person that I have followers in common with has a tweet show up on my timeline. I'm not following them and I don't want to see ...
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On Twitter, how can I find people most followed by the people that I follow?

Twitter recommends who you might want to follow and indicates a couple of people-that-I-follow that follow them. But no mention of how many others. If you click on the recommendation you can get ...
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Hide my Twitter followers

For privacy reasons, I don't want everyone to be able to see who follows me on Twitter. How to do? I am OK with removing all of my followers if it is the only solution, but I hope there are more ...