Kanye West's Twitter followers have not dropped after tweets praising Donald Trump


Andrew Griffin Thursday 26 April 2018


In the wake of West's string of posts, a number of websites claimed that his follower count had dropped by millions in just a few minutes. A number of viral tweets suggested that his follower count had dropped by nine million users in just a few minutes, after he posted tweets including a picture of a signed Make America Great Again hat.


But despite the controversy around the posts, West's followers do seem to be staying the same, at around 27 million. The number might be changing on some people's screens, but that appears to be a problem with Twitter rather than people taking issue with his posts.



"We can confirm that Kanye's follower count is currently at approximately 27M followers," the company said. "Any fluctuation that people might be seeing is an inconsistency and should be resolved soon."


The issue appears to be a result of the fact that West deleted his Twitter and then re-activated it earlier this month.


The changes in his follower count first seem to have been noticed on Twitter. They quickly spread across the rest of the internet, with a range of different sites reporting that it had dropped by millions.

West, who has deleted his Twitter in the past, has been using the site heavily in the last few days. While his statements about the president have received the most attention, he has also promised to release two new albums in the coming months and has discussed pulling himself out of the traditional record industry.


But by far the most controversial have been the posts about Mr Trump, who he repeatedly praised in a variety of different ways.

"You don't have to agree with trump but the mob can't make me not love him," one representative tweet read. "We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don't agree with everything anyone does. That's what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought.

His posts have drawn support from Donald Trump, as well as many of his supporters and family.


At the time of publication, West hasn't tweeted for a full 14 hours.


https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/kanye-west-twitter-donald-trump-posts-follower-number-real-fake-hoax-rumour-a8323531.html

What's our own there

I attempted to point this out days ago on the other thread.
We are an uncomfortably gullible people.

https://www.nairaland.com/4476273/1m-followers-unfollow-american-rapper/1#67122905

Okay

Kanye is GOAT.
He says how he feel.. Haters can die already.

Why is a white guy speaking for him?

Even his friend, John Legend, begged him to stop via text cause majority of is fans are negatively affected by Trump's policy.

You know what Kanye did, he leaked the chat on social media claiming he doesn't care.

Who does that?

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Nothing wrong with his tweet

I support Kanye.

Blacks be living the blame mentality while blacks kill more blacks than whites.

Still same African-American thathe hates Africans and see us a beggars.

I love people who hold out their support despite public opinion.

It's the same thing that brought the present suffering to Nigeria cos people were fed lies and no-one was able to stand their ground or do abit of research.

Politicians moving from one party to another

It's a horror show

Donald Trump is the best. If most Americans of today had sense, they would have known that Donald Trump is the best, better than Satan Obama that almost ruined the world.

Obama's regime watched terrorists and terrorism expand in the world.

Obama's regime watched Syria burn to ashes!

What about Libya and Yemen

Obama infested the world with same sex marriage and expanded the spread of gays

Obama pioneered the current sufferings Nigerians are suffering today by installing the failed government we have today using every tools available to him as US President.

Donald Trump came to save America from heading to doom as being championed by Obama

kanye

Fake news everywhere

U see this post, i swear e no concern me.

Donald Trump my man making America great again. Not that dullard dictator in this country and the most stupid cabinet

G. O. A. T

It's not a must for every black person to be a Democrat

We don hear.. next

Ok

kennygee:
Why is a white guy speaking for him?

Even his friend, John Legend, begged him to stop via text cause majority of is fans are negatively affected by Trump's policy.

You know what Kanye did, he leaked the chat on social media claiming he doesn't care.

Who does that?

What Trumps policies are affecting kanyes fans? Lowest black and Hispanic unemployment rates in History?

God bless Christian Leaders all over the world... they alone seek peace

That movie 'Get Out' comes to mind

nna eeh which kin wahala be this one this early morning

Like I give a Bleep

humilitypays:
Donald Trump is the best. If most Americans of today had sense, they would have known that Donald Trump is the best, better than Satan Obama that almost ruined the world.

Obama's regime watched terrorists and terrorism expand in the world.

Obama's regime watched Syria burn to ashes!

What about Libya and Yemen

Obama infested the world with same sex marriage and expanded the spread of gays

Obama pioneered the current sufferings Nigerians are suffering today by installing the failed government we have today using every tools available to him as US President.

Donald Trump came to save America from heading to doom as being championed by Obama

My dear which leaves are u smoking this morning again

I'll help Kanye West to get more Twitter Followers.

I knew they were lying...