Amitabh Bachchan, who currently has 32.9 million followers on Twitter, threatened to quit the micro-blogging site, accusing the social media giant of reducing the number of his followers. He tweeted, ‘T 2599 - TWITTER ..!!!?? you reduced my number of followers .. !!??HAHAHAHAHAHAHA .. !! thats a joke .. time to get off from you .. thank you for the ride ... there are many 'other' fish in the sea - and a lot more exciting !!’ His tweet comes after many prominent Twitter users across the world lost more than a million followers as federal and state agencies in the US started investigating shadowy agencies that sell fake followers. Interestingly, Big’s tweet also came after he was surpassed by Shah Rukh Khan on Twitter. Now, the ‘Piku’ star and the ‘Raees’ actor have the same number of followers on Twitter (32.9 million).
Bachchan maintained a statesman-like presence on Twitter, tweeting out a steady stream of insights into his state of mind, his film career, and social etiquette. His leaving Twitter will leave it several tweets short.
(Disclaimer: This report may be taken in the same spirit as Bachchan Sr's tweet about quitting Twitter. It may be true. Then again, it may not.)
