What does it mean when someone follows you on twitter?

[Sappy Sam]

I notice on my "connect" page, it says 5 people followed you, 2 people followed you... What does that mean? Like they clicked on what I wrote? Or what?

[Jeff]

It means they are receiving updates from you. Could be spam bots or random people who have a common interest.

[Big Jebb]

you have stalkers

[noMOREshines]

They are interested in knowing what u do all day. Every minute

[Mary]

If you get a Twitter account, you get the ability to post short notes on your own Twitter web page... and that's it. The ONLY way someone reads it is if they specifically look up your Twitter account and go to your page.

Once there, another Twitter user can "Follow" you by clicking a button and then whenever you Tweet, they will receive the message on their device and their page.

To be honest, it's kind of worthless unless you are trying to reach a group of people. If your whole family is on Twitter, they can follow you - and it allows you to Tweet to them all at the same time.

[sandra]

People who follow you they're interested in the collection of just followers or they're people who are interested in what you say in your tweets and they are stalking you!

[booze]

It means that they are subscribed to your tweets. Every time your post a new tweet, it is visible to them.