> I agree that Twitter using this to get people to give them PII those don't wan...

80386 on Feb 5, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter says an attacker used its API to match use...

> I agree that Twitter using this to get people to give them PII those don't want Twitter to have, especially when Twitter aren't a good custodian of that PII is terrible, but it's not as though Twitter's other option (anybody can mint a thousand bogus Twitter followers with no pushback from Twitter) looks great either.

Third option: don't display follower counts.

JaRail on Feb 6, 2020 [–]

Hiding counts makes it hard to identify imposter accounts and bots. Users need to be able to see account age and counts at a minimum.