Ah yes, I understand your pain point. It would be easier to batch 100 users to update follow counts, than to have to call one at a time. We are trying to balance keeping the user call efficient and accurate with these sorts of pain points. The hope was that at least with Webhooks you could keep the follower counts updated that way, only having to periodically check the user follows endpoint to address unfollows.
However, if this workflow isn’t working for you all, then obviously we need to see if there is a way we can make things better. I’m not sure if there is, but I won’t know until I try!
Thanks everyone. We really appreciate your thoughtful feedback and your patience as we work to build an API that serves your needs.