Once an account is following 5,000 other accounts, additional follow attempts are limited by account-specific ratios. Source: https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-p

Once an account is following 5,000 other accounts, additional follow attempts are limited by account-specific ratios. Source: https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/x-limits https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/x-limits Maybe people are just maxing out their follows in order to create a news story.