Have you noticed a slow down? I used to get a trickle of people following me every few days but lately with the news of twitcred where just interacting with certain accounts can get you deboosted it's stopped. People still like what I write occasionally which is a little tricky without a checkmark, but no followers.

I feel like I'm doomed to obscurity on twitter unless I cough up $8/mo. As it is I just hijack top comments constantly.