It includes information on removing existing followers or blocking a follower, along with reasons why strangers follow you.
To prevent strangers from following you, set your account to private.
Here’s how to set your account to private.
Select theSettings(gear) icon.
Toggle onProtect your Tweets.
On the web version, clickProfile.
Click thethree-dot menunext to the follower you want to remove.
Removing a follower doesn’t stop them from refollowing you later if you set your account to public.
In this case, you gotta take stronger measures.
SelectBlock again to confirm.
Now the blocked account can’t follow you or see your feed.
There are many reasons for someone you don’t know to follow you on X.
Sometimes a random person might follow you so you can get a follow in return.
This is a common practice for people who want to build up their followers.
More followers means more visibility, whether you just want attention or genuinely have something to promote.
Not all random people have innocuous reasons for following you.
Hackers and internet criminals may send outmalicious botsto follow you.
Malicious bots spread links to malware.
These links are often disguised asshortened linksso that the dangerous link is obscured from view.
Spammers follow a massive number of accounts hoping for follow-backs, increasing their audience.
