Gate 4 — Min 100 Followers
Your X account must have at least 100 followers at the time of submission.
QUICK GUIDE
Purpose
What this gate checks Your X account must have at least 100 followers at the time of submission.
Best for
Understanding why a submission passed or failed
Read time
1 min
Next action
Find the failed gate, fix the issue, then resubmit
What this gate checks
Your X account must have at least 100 followers at the time of submission.
Under the hood: X API v2 public_metrics.followers_count fetched fresh per submission. Cached for 15 minutes per handle.
Common failure reasons
- Account under 100 followers
- Recent mass-unfollow drop below threshold
- Bought followers that were purged by X
How to pass this gate
Grow your following organically. Real engagement on real content is the fastest path. Bot followers will be detected by the account quality gate even if the count check passes.
At a glance
- Category: Identity Verification
- Blocking: Yes — failing this gate rejects the claim
- Typical duration: ~4s
- Policy engine id:
min_followers - Pre-flight checklist item: "My X account has at least 100 followers"