# Twitter question: How'd I end up following all these people? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 2, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-question-howd-i-end-up-following-all-these-people/689832 "2014-06-02T13:35:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-question-howd-i-end-up-following-all-these-people/689832/1 "2014-06-02T13:35:16Z")
I rarely use Twitter. I’ve had an account for several years, but really never go there. I did, however, log in this morning to take a look at something. I was surprised to see I was following over 300 people, most of which I know nothing about. Some were in languages I don’t speak. Many were people espousing things I have no interest in (NASCAR, Australian football) or celebrities I don’t care about. I don’t think my account there has been compromised. At least, if it had, I’ve had no ill effects. I did change my password to be safe. But how’d all those get there? I don’t use Twitter enough to know how it works - does it automatically sign you up to follow people based on some other behavior? I suspect some of them got there through errant clicks on other websites, but over 300 of them? WTH? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-question-howd-i-end-up-following-all-these-people/689832/2 "2014-06-02T13:45:56Z")
You’re account was hacked and someone signed you up to follow all those people. There’s a thriving marked for Twitter followers to make people look popular (and get financial gain from that) and this is the result.