Following 500+ people on Twitter might affect your ranking negatively.

If you're following more than 500 people, make sure your following/followers ratio is not above 0.6. E.g. following 1000, followers 600 Otherwise reduce your following count below 500 or it negatively impacts your ranking. Based on The Algorithm: https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/blob/ec83d01dcaebf369444d75ed04b3625a0a645eb9/src/scala/com/twitter/graph/batch/job/tweepcred/UserMass.scala#L56