Twitter Seeks to De-Emphasize Follower Counts with New Update

During his recent trip in India, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey noted that he wants to make follower counts a less significant element in the app, even going so far as to say follower counts are 'meaningless' in one session. Definitely, you can see that in effect, and the same is evident on all social platforms where follower counts are listed, including Facebook, where people initially competed to have more 'friends' and then regretted it when their feeds ended up crowded with updates from people they didn't care about, and Instagram, where some parents are now concerned about the psychological impact of their kids getting fewer Likes on their photos.