So first of all I have noticed that I can't follow more that 2000 people. When I reach that limit it stops following... what's up with that. I have seen few people with like 70K followings and 15K followers. How can I break that 2K limit? ~ThisDream~
I received this question in my inbox, so instead of just answering it in private, and having to answer it again I decided to take it public. I will also reveal a dirty little twitter secret, that I employ from time to time.
The only way to break 2k following rule, is that you must get 2k people following you. Then once you reach 2k followers, you can only follow 10% more people than who are following you.
Example you have 2000 followers, you will only be allowed to follow 2200.
So heres a dirty little trick that you can use to propel yourself up the food chain *Warning this method has the ability to backfire on you and may cause you to use a majority of your followers* Use it @ your own risk. But when it works, it does wonders. It WAS EASIER to perform this method before they added the 1k daily following actions cap, so use it in moderation. I say this only if, you are trying to build a long term high following, otherwise who cares..
A quick way to break this cap is using a propeller method is where you delete all the people that are following/not following you.
So let's say you have followed 2k people.. You have 600 followers.. Hummingbird will protect mutual followers by default. So what you need to do is log into to HB and click on "tools" then scroll down and uncheck the 3 options starting with the word protect and let that baby run.
You will get nasty direct messages from some old ladies, like your not playing fair

and also some people will stop following you, but I find that the majority will stick around, and that the only people that will delete you for the most part is followers who you have picked up, who are using hummingbird or similar. You don't need them anyways.
So effectively what you are doing is freeing up spots for you to add more. and stretching the +10% rule.
I hope this makes sense.. If not please say what part that you do not understand and I will try to further clarify. Cheers!