Sep
25
I, and others, raised the possibility of a new central Twitter metric about a month ago, after a series of reports about the availability of for-sale fake followers. Twitter responded by emphasizing that the “fake follower” problem was overblown, and it was a mistake to assume non-Tweeting accounts are inactive — the company claims that some 40% of users who log in on a regular basis never tweet.
Twitter Cofounder Suggests A Replacement For The Follower Count