--- title: "Twitter Users May Witness Dip in Followers as Elon Musk Has New Plans for Spams." description: "According to reports, Elon Musk has expressed interest in the notion of expanding Twitter's character limit." author: "Muskan Singh" published: 2022-12-02 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2483/twitter-users-may-witness-dip-in-followers-as-elon-musk-has-new-plans-for-spams category: "twitter" tags: ["twitter api", "twitter", "technology", "apps", "technology news"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Twitter Users May Witness Dip in Followers as Elon Musk Has New Plans for Spams. - In addition, [Musk wants](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1505/5-ways-elon-musk-wants-to-change-twitter) to increase Twitter's character limit from 280 to 1000. - Twitter is also witnessing a massive outflow of users and advertisers. - New user signups, according to Musk, have reached an all-time high. Do not worry if you notice a decrease in your Twitter following count. Elon Musk, the [newly appointed](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34635/who-is-the-newly-appointed-chairman-of-the-central-water-commission-cwc) CEO of Twitter, is 'purging a lot' of spam and fraudulent accounts. Musk shared the specific [news](https://www.mindstick.com/developersection/news) with everyone on Thursday via his [Twitter account](https://www.mindstick.com/news/483/confirm-your-twitter-account-no-need-to-panic). Twitter is now cleaning a lot of spam and fraud accounts, so you might see a dip in your following count, he said. In addition, Musk wants to increase Twitter's character limit from 280 to 1000. A [social media](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13056/how-to-leverage-social-media-to-attract-lots-of-blog-traffic) user recently posted, 'Idea on raising character limit to 1000,' tagging Musk in the remark. Musk replied, 'It's on the to-do list,' in response. One of the main distinctions between [**Twitter**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2473/apple-threatened-to-remove-twitter-from-the-app-store-over-in-app-purchases) and other social [media platforms](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/114434/can-social-media-platforms-effectively-combat-online-misinformation-without-censorship) has been the character restriction. According to a Mashable report, Musk has expressed interest in expanding the character limit several times since he took control of the site. A Twitter user suggested to Musk on November 27 that the **platform's [word limit](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93254/what-should-be-the-minimum-and-maximum-word-limit-of-an-article) be raised from 280 to 420.** 'Good concept,' Musk replied in his reply. Another person had previously offered to 'do rid of character limitations.' The multi-billionaire answered, 'Absolutely.' We must now wait and watch when Musk makes the necessary modifications to the character limit. \ A multi-colored verification system has also been added to the microblogging website, according to Tesla CEO Musk. According to Musk's proposals, Twitter will replace the current 'Twitter Blue' service with a new, three-color verification checkmark system. According to Musk, the [introduction](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13122/an-introduction-to-network-cables) of the new [**Twitter Blue verification**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2469/elon-musk-responds-to-a-twitter-user-by-hinting-at-plans-to-increase-the-character-limit-for-tweets) service is tentatively scheduled for December 2. While the billionaire battles with a large migration of advertisers and users moving to rival platforms, Musk claimed last month that the number of new user signups to the social media network have reached a 'all-time high.' **Musk noted in a tweet that as of November 16, there were more over two million daily signups for the microblogging platform.** --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2483/twitter-users-may-witness-dip-in-followers-as-elon-musk-has-new-plans-for-spams Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.