Users, friends, and followers
One of the main differences between Twitter and other popular social networks is the way users can connect. Relationships on Twitter are, in fact, not necessarily bidirectional. A user can choose to subscribe to other users' tweets, becoming their follower, but the act of following might not be reciprocated. This is very different from what happens with other social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn, where the relationship has to be confirmed by both parties before taking place.
Using the Twitter terminology, the two directions of the relationship (people I follow versus the people who follow me) have different names. The people I follow are referred to as friends, while the people who follow me are referred to as my followers. When the relationship is bidirectional, the user is commonly described as a mutual friend.
Back to the Twitter API
The Twitter API provides several endpoints to retrieve information about followers, friends, and user profiles...
