private boolean hasNewFollowers(List<Follower> followers){
  return !followers.isEmpty() && followers.get(0).newFollower;
}

private boolean hasNewFollowers ( List < Follower > followers ) { return ! followers . isEmpty ( ) && followers . get ( 0 ) . newFollower ; }
checks if this has new followers . only checks the first follower in the list , because followers at the end might be new , even though they actually are not ( if someone unfollows , older followers might show up for the first time this session ) .
