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Adding to what the other said:

1. Some people get paid for sponsored tweets. The more followers you have, the better chances to get sponsored tweets and get paid more

2. Some accounts belong to websites. These webmasters get lots of followers and show to potential advertisers how popular they are.

3. To game search engines

4. To get some cash when selling the Twitter account with or without associated website



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