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Following vs. Followers

Key Differences

Followers can interact with you through tweets while the following may or may not be able to interact with you.
Followers can send you direct messages in order to talk privately if you are following them back while you can interact with your following if they are following you back.
The theme is to have less number of following and relatively more number of followers.
Janet White
Nov 21, 2016
Following is the number of people who you are following on twitter while followers are the number of people who are following you on twitter.

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It is the people who you are following on twitter in order to get updates that they share and to reply and interact with their tweets.
It is the people who are following you on twitter in order to get updates that you share and to reply and interact with your tweets.

Benefit

May or may not be able to interact with you.
Can interact with you through tweets.
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Interaction

You can interact with your following if they are following you back.
can send you direct messages in order to talk privately if you are following them back

Following and Followers Definitions

Following

Coming next in time or order
In the following chapter.

Followers

One who accepts the guidance, command, or leadership of another
A follower of Gandhi.

Following

Now to be enumerated
The following people will report for duty.

Followers

One who has a strong interest or pays close attention to something
A follower of new developments in technology.

Following

Blowing in the same direction as the course of a ship or aircraft. Used of wind.
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Followers

A machine element moved by another machine element.

Following

A group or gathering of admirers, adherents, or disciples
A lecturer with a large following.

Followers

Plural of follower

Following

The item or items to be mentioned next
Please buy the following.

Followers

A group of followers or enthusiasts

Following

Subsequent to; after
Following dinner, brandy was served in the study.
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Following

Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
See the following section.

Following

About to be specified.
The following words have no definition...

Following

(of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel.
The following wind sped us on our way.

Following

After, subsequent to.
Following the meeting, we all had a chat.

Following

A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
He had a loyal following.

Following

Vocation; business; profession.

Following

(with definite article, treated as singular or plural) A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after.
The following is a recommendation letter from the president.
The following are the three most important questions.

Following

Present participle of follow

Following

One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.

Following

Vocation; business; profession.

Following

Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.

Following

In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding.

Following

A group of followers or enthusiasts

Following

The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture;
The culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit

Following

Going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction;
The crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade
Tried to outrun the following footsteps

Following

In the desired direction;
A following wind

Following

Immediately following in time or order;
The following day
Next in line
The next president
The next item on the list

Following

About to be mentioned or specified;
The following items

Definition of Following

It is the people who you are following on twitter in order to get updates that they share and to reply and interact with their tweets. For most cases, if an account is private you have to follow the other person if you want to see what they are sharing with their circle. These are also the people who can interact with you through their tweets and you can reply, favorite or retweet if you think it is worth sharing with others. Usually, people prefer to keep the number of following low to show they follow only selective people.

Definition of Followers

It is the people who are following you on twitter in order to get updates that you share and to reply and interact with your tweets. For most cases, if an account is private you have to follow the other person if you want to see what they are sharing with their circle. These are also the people who can interact with you through your tweets and can reply, favorite or retweet if they think it is worth sharing with others. Usually, if the number of followers is more, the person is considered more famous.

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