… whatcha gonna do when they follow you?

Shut up, evidently.

The other day I was curious about Lance Armstrong. Specifically, I wondered: Did people unfollow him on Twitter when the whole doping thing broke wide open and he confessed on Oprah?

To the contrary: According to Twitter Counter, Armstrong gained about 100,000 followers in the week surrounding the doping revelations (on Friday, January 18 alone he netted a one-day increase of 25,230 followers).

That top line in the chart tracks Armstrong’s followers over the last three months. That bottom line tracks his tweets.

Yep: Just before the wristband hit the fan, Lance pretty much shut down his Twitter feed — with the exception of one tweet on January 9 that linked to this article.

I would have thought he’d have lost rather than gained followers, and I would have expected him to speak out a bit more. Maybe Oprah demanded he save everything for her.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 at 3:31 pm and is filed under Social Media.