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Lol, FA watch numbers on the fritz? Ghost watches?
5 years ago
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Spoopy ghost watches?
Is this happening to anyone else?
Is this a known issue?
EDIT Okay, I know what's up now. Hahah. FA was cleaning up bot accounts and such. Thanks folks. X3
I noticed it too. I wondered how I'd managed to lose 11 followers in only 24 hours.
jotie
~jotie
Hrm, I haven't been paying attention. I'll have to keep an eye on it next time to see what's going on.
DeitySephiroth
~deitysephiroth
there have been a lot of people posting about numbers dropping lately, definitely not just a "you" thing.
VinVulpis
~vinvulpis
OP
Yeah, the numbers seem weird, so it's good to know.
RoseNines
~rosenines
It's FA removing dead/inactive accounts.
VinVulpis
~vinvulpis
OP
That would make sense too.
otakuwolf
~otakuwolf
I think they might be bots or something
ArtieNuki
~the-b3ing
Oh wow! I just checked, and I lost 26 followers. If they're clearing inactive accounts that probably makes the most sense. Glad you made a journal about it otherwise I woulda been real confused haha.
Greeneyed greedy Fox
~greeneyedgreedythrowaway
It's absolutely FA cleaning up accounts - there's been a ton of journals by artists saying they've lost watchers. One artists lost "only" 14, the highest number I saw was 250 watchers, and there's a ton inbetween.
Joducus
~joducus
FA has been deleting accounts that have been either inactive for a period of time or marked for deletion.
Alphawaredragoness
!alphawaredragoness
I don't have enough to notice a difference in my watchers xD
Greeneyed greedy Fox
~greeneyedgreedythrowaway
Yes. It's apparently FA cleaning out accounts. Have seen artists saying that anything from 14 to 250 watchers are gone.
rakarra
~rakarra
You lost some followers because FA went through and banned a lot of bot accounts that watch 20k or more people.
PichuPal
~pichupal
I think I've seen someone mention that bot accounts got removed, so a lot of watchers got removed from people's profiles based off that
Aquilak
~aquilak
Im a spirit typing from the after life.
VinVulpis
~vinvulpis
OP
Oh sweet, the afterlife has internet.
Ari-Dynamic
~crazyassbeethoven
if it's FA removing ghost/inactive accounts, i expect at least a good hundred or more to drop xD i've been getting a -loooot- of them over the last few years here.
JustBuckingham
~justbuckingham
FA been deleting bots recently
