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LinkedIn confirms the ‘follower purge’ was just a bug that’s now resolved

LinkedIn users on Tuesday began noticing a problem with their follower counts on the platform: They were dropping rapidly, and sometimes by many hundreds

Though the general consensus was that this was a purge enacted by LinkedIn, the company announced later in the day that it had looked into the issue and has now “resolved” the problem. Reached for comment, the company simply pointed us to its Status page where it documented on Tuesday at 6 am ET that some members had been experiencing “issues with their follower and connection count” on LinkedIn, which it was still investigating later in the day. However, given that LinkedIn’s network is about building up your perceived relevance and clout in your industry, a follower drop could have been disastrous for those who rely on their profile to market themselves or their businesses, as well as those who do such work on behalf of their clients.

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