5 days Ago By James Paul
Shashi Tharoor rekindled the debate on follower count stagnation on X/Twitter, allegedly over being shadowbanned. Reacting to a user’s post on the Thiruvananthapuram MP’s “ followers remaining stuck at 8.4 million.
.. despite being tremendously liked by people across party lines ,” the Congress leader quipped, “ Good question ,” before posting a longish post on his ordeal on X.
And this isn’t the first time Tharoor has raised concerns about his declining subs on the bird app. See Also: Shashi Tharoor Asks Twitter Why He Is Losing Followers: ‘Are More People Canceling Their Accounts?’ The former UN Under Secretary General remarked that the issue has been around for four years now. He claimed to have spoken to his source “ at the old Twitter India ,” who revealed that having reviewed Tharoor’s daily stats for over six months, a strange pattern emerges: over 1000 users follow in a day with 60-70 unfollowing; however, oddly, the overall follower count remains stuck at 8.
495 million! Per the old Twitter India source (who has since left the company), his preliminary assumption was “ an algorithm glitch. ” Amid the conundrum, several followers complained of not seeing Tharoor’s posts on their timelines, making the leader wonder if he had been “ shadowbanned .” See Also: MP Shashi Tharoor Receives France’s Highest Civilian Honour ‘Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur’ Shashi Tharoor added that after three years of noticing the same and no change under the new Elon Musk regime, he wrote to the billionaire inquiring about the same.
In response, he received a letter from the legal team at X/Twitter who “ flatly denied there was a problem. ” Tharoor quipped, “ So much for corporate responsiveness. ” He further states that the partial consequence of his inquiry was “ new drops steadily each day ,” from the peak of 8.
459 million followers to a low of 8.429 million subs. He alleged that there is “ clearly something wrong (in the microblogging platform) that the people in charge don't care.
” See Also: Shashi Tharoor Shares A Pic Of Crashed Truck With Thesauruses; Stuns And Stupefy The Internet The Chairman of the Committee of External Affairs remarked that amid all the important issues plaguing the public, the follower count stagnation “ seems too petty to mention .” He asserted in the concluding paragraph that it could be accidental or deliberate; notwithstanding, “ I hope those asking understand that there is a problem.” However, Tharoor is “not holding his breath ” on the issue.
Good question. This has been the case for four years! A source at the old Twitter India told me there was a problem he couldn’t understand: he had reviewed my daily statistics over six months, and found a strange pattern — my followers went up by over 1000 a day, about 60 - 70..
. https://t.co/IpfTJpMvwt — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 17, 2024 Reacting to Shashi Tharoor’s revelation, several prominent accounts, including journalist Barkha Dutt and Harsha Bhogle, among others, flagged the issue, while a couple users dropped memes.
The intriguing thing is EXACTLY the same with my account - stuck at 7 million for three years plus and now random decline. Thanks for flagging this issue but no one responsive at @X @elonmusk — barkha dutt (@BDUTT) November 17, 2024 It’s also happening with many accounts like ours associated with Congress. — Shantanu (@shaandelhite) November 17, 2024 Ditto.
Stagnant. https://t.co/z8UVzvt9ss — Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 18, 2024 Someone Is Trying To Figure out The Matter Very Grievously At @XCorpIndia Office, These Days Everything Is Under Control 😜 https://t.
co/XefmhMEWY8 pic.twitter.com/uJdZkBKVem — Shubham Sharma 🇮🇳 (@IShubhamMSharma) November 17, 2024 See Also: How To Speak English Like Shashi Tharoor Tutorial Goes Viral; The Politician Reacts See Also: Desi Webster Shashi Tharoor Shares The Word Of The Era And We Are Guilty Of It.
