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It would benefit incumbents over new creators.
It would benefit trolls and mainstream media over people who grew their organic followings through their own years of effort.
It will benefit apps that show the count.
It would benefit blue checkmarks, which is something twitter gives and takes away based on if they like people or not, it would be the only thing that on first glance would make anyone stand out as something more than a random twitter user.
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