For those of you who don’t know – I love Twitter.
It is, by far, my most favorite social network of them all.

I have connected with thousands of people from all over the world, and have enjoyed many awesome conversation and discussions ranging in subject from Jesus to favorite ice-cream flavors.

But things have been…spoiled…for me lately.
Since this Summer, my Twitter account has started to get plagued with ‘fake followers’.
It started at a few thousand – and has turned up to be about 100,000 fake accounts following me.

Please hear me on this – I do not buy followers.
I do not create fake accounts to follow me.
I am 100% sure that the cause of these followings is one of two things:

1) Someone is trying to sabotage me as a Christian writer / social media enthusiast.
2) These accounts are trying to follow ‘real’ people in an effort to appear more ‘authentic’ to Twitter’s SPAM algorithms.

Either way – somethings had to of been done.
And I have been doing things.

I’ve been blocking / force unfollowing these accounts for a few months now.
And I have had enough.

Which is why I wrote this blog post.
Not sure if anyone is going to read it – but here we are.

I am quitting this account on Twitter.
I am sick of these accounts following me – and I want to pursue authenticity in ALL aspects of my life.
These fake accounts following me -whether by accident or on purpose – has cost me a great witness to many people.

I am going to keep my tag ‘ivoryjohn’ active – changing it from my current account to another account.
I will post automated tweets from my current tag letting people know I closed it down and have moved on.

Now – if you are the person who sent these followers my way despite my efforts to block them…I hope you are happy.
You won. Great job.

I am not going to stop writing.
I am not going to stop sharing my story.
I am not going to stop loving Twitter.

I will be back – and I will keep on doing what I am doing.
I am just leaving for a season to take a break – write my book – and enjoy time with friends and family.

I haven’t been enjoying Twitter because of this issue – and I am sick of Twitter messing with my emotions.
I am walking away…for a season.

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You can still ‘like’ my FB page and connect with me there.
Also, my inbox is always open. Feel free to email me any time.
I have also been known to give out my number to people I connect with really well.

I am available.
I am just leaving Twitter for a while.
I don’t know how long.

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Update:
I may not make a new profile after all.
I have gotten so many emails and tweets from you guys telling me to keep the profile that I am gonna stick around.
Praying that making this issue public will scare off whoever did this.
I realize what this did to my image as a writer – I took the hit…now, let me go in peace.