I am actually going to try and keep this post shorter than my usual articles about Twitter, they typically go on and on and on, and.. on some more.
When it comes to Twitter Tools any of you that have been reading Extreme John.com for a while now know that I had a pretty good addiction to the Twitter tools, [intlink id="2067" type="post"]Twitter desktop managers[/intlink], and various Twitter tools to increase your Twitter followers fast.
Lately I haven’t been as in tune with the new twitter tools that are hitting the interwebs everyday, that was until today when for some reason I noticed that even though I have Twitter user @justlocalsex blocked my twitter time line keeps getting flooded with their tweets, this promopted me to search for Twitter unfollow tools to see if I can delete the user from there.
I really try to keep the people I follow on Twitter in niches that fit either my business ventures or the good people I network with likke yourself that are nice enough to follow me on Twitter, not really sure I have anything to say thats worthy of a follow but hey that’s what Twitter is for.
Anyway back to my little search for some kind of tool to unfollow people on Twitter, I instantly looked through my Twitter bookmarks figuring that I had to have some kind of unfollow tool in there, here’s the one’s that I was able to locate.
Good tool for comparing who is and is not following you and getting rid of people in bulk, only downside is that if you have a large list of Twitter followers the data fetching process can take forever.
Flash Tweet gives ou the option to bulk follow or bulk unfollow Twitter users, this however was another fail for me as I continued to get a server error after submiting my data.
This tool wasn’t what really what I am looking for it will just randomly bulk unfollow Twitter users, hardly good if you actually interact with your Twitter network like I do.
Tweepler looks like a really nice Twitter tool that allows you to manage and organize your Twitter followers and the people you follow on Twitter, this plugin does not seem to be working for me either due to the fact that it’s been trying to load my list of followers for about 15 minutes.
As you can see by this point I still haven’t found anything that will bulk unfollow Twitter users by selection, now I decided to turn to Google and do a few searches for “twitter unfollow tool“, figured that should be easy enough to find.
The first search that came up was for Dragon Blogger who featured an article titled “Bulk Unfollow In Twitter With Mutuality“, after checking out the article I headed over to Mutuality with hopes that it was exactly what I wanted, it wasn’t it only had three options to choose from and wasn’t user specific.
Still running dry I checked out this article title “6 Bulk Follow/Unfollow Tools for Twitter” over at Rotor Blog and thought for sure that I found exactly what I was looking for with InRevTwitIn, nope not happening this is a good tool to flush out people that don’t follow you back.
By this point in my journey to get rid of that particular Twitter follower I mentioned in the beginning of the article landed me right back where I started, removing users with Twitter as opposed to using any Twitter tool.
You would assume that’s where the story ends, sadly thats not the case. I neded up leaving Twitter Karma running in the background while I wrote this article and it finally returned my followers and the people I followed, bad news… @justlocalsex was not listed there, now how do I get it to stop or actually have the block I put on the account work. Good times.
Leave a comment if you have a solution to my Twitter spam issue or you have a Twitter tool that you want to include, and you better leave a comment if you have a Twitter related blog. If you like articles about Twitter, social netoworking, wordpress, or wordpress plugins you might consider a quick subscribe to my RSS feed.
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Twitter: mmodotcom
Sorry John… no solution here as I am just getting ready to (probably next week) start actually using my Twitter account. So far I only follow you, and of the 5 followers I have, you are the only one I know.
This week I have been trying to read as many posts as I can on the subject so I can start off on the right track and this post has a lot of great info. Thanks! Looking forward to reading the other comments for other solutions as well.
.-= Doug Dillard´s last blog ..Bloggers: Do You Want to Make Money With Your Blog? =-.
Twitter: webloggr
Yes, same here. I stopped mass-following a month ago upon realizing it didn’t do any good to my twitter stats and campaigns. So far, I’m having a hard time to mass-unfollowing profiles who are not even bloggers to begin with. It’s almost impossible, so I guess right now I’m just restarting by only trying to follow those people I’m really interested with.
.-= Liane YoungBlogger´s last blog ..Let’s Just Say I’m Not 16 Anymore, That Means Liane is Growing Old! Noooo! =-.
Twitter: tycoonblogger
I really like the mutuality tool. It is a no frills, easy to use resource. I have just been unfollowing people manually though. I have also been extra cautious in regards to the people I follow now.
.-= Tycoon Blogger´s last blog ..Tool to Eliminate Twitter Spam =-.
Twitter: BBRIAN017
@John,
You know if I used half your advice I would be a better blogger. I’m guessing you’re getting “spam” because you’re randomly following anyone?
I started having that issues as well. What I do is unfollow them. I think there’s an option to also ban them or block them.
John install the mod I have at blogengage! The twitter counter widget! I would be posting that I’m @ your site right now! http://twittercounter.com/bbrian017
@Doug,
I’ll make sure I’m following you! I would 100% suggest getting twitter! I was negative at first but ti’s blown me up! I’ll follow your url out when I leave.
@Liane I’m stuck at 2001 and I cannot follow anymore people! It’s pretty lame! I only have 1200 followers
I can’t even follow all my members it’s sad and some might be offended!
.-= bbrian017´s last blog ..Marketing Planning Process for Blogging =-.
Twitter: erenmckay
Hi John- there’s also friendorfollow.com which shows you who is following or not in alphabetical order with their picture. It’s really cool.
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Other than that one if you only want to find out if an individual person is following you or someone else you can use doesfollow.com
I didn’t know of the tools you just posted – you have some great finds here. I’m going to stumble this.My current id on stumbleupon is creative heart ( just so you know it’s me
Have a great weekend!
All the best,
Eren
.-= Eren Mckay´s last blog ..Teaching kids sun safety coloring sheets activities & worksheets =-.
Twitter: TheRealGooroo
There are so many Twitter tools these days that I’m getting lost
.-= The Gooroo @ Finance Advisory Stop´s last blog ..What Is Alexa Ranking And Should You Worry About It? =-.
Twitter: extremejohn
@Liane YoungBlogger yeah the mass follow thing was fun for a minute and actually met some great people out of it, it’s just not worth the effort to me overall anymore.
@Tycoon Blogger yeah for the most part I just use Twitter to manually unfollow people as well, this was a special need because this isn’t someone I am following.
@bbrian017 yeah it’s odd for some reason I do have them blocked and it still let’s it through. I had the Twitter counter widget and decided to pull it out of there, maybe I will put it up again soon.
@Eren Mckay See this is exactly why I love having a blog, people helping people. I have already been to and used Friend or Follow and completely forgot about that Twitter tool. I need to bookmark that bad boy right now, thank you Erin!
@TheGooRoo I feel ya, so many Twitter tools and Twitter resources that I can’t keep up.
Twitter: myblog2day
Thanks for sharing these twitter tools John. But I think you’ve missed out one which is TweetLater. I’m using it too as it follows people who follows you, and it unfollows people who unfollows you too. It’s quite interesting and it’s free to use.
Regards,
Lee
.-= Lee Ka Hoong´s last blog ..Poll : How Many Blog Do You Own And Manage? =-.
Twitter: extremejohn
@Lee Tweet Later is an excellent tool, I have written about that tool before as well. However I was looking for a specific user to unfollow or try to block, which I didn’t even consider Tweet Later to be able to do.
Twitter: rkohr
Here is another one:
Twitter Unfollow Buttons
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/47537
Twitter: extremejohn
@Rob the Twitter Unfollow Buttons for GreaseMonkey are excellent, makes working inside the Twitter dashboard a cake walk.
Twitter: TonyAlverio
Great info John! Keep it going.
Twitter: rapidbi
Like you I was unhappy with the available unfollow tools – so I had one written:
The concept is simple, if a person has sent you an @ message – or you have @ them then they are added to a white list, then 100 of those that are not on the list are unfollowed.. simples
This ‘product’ was developed for my own use and is functional but not very pretty looking, but if you want to try it out (at your own risk)
Read the blog article: http://rapidbi.com/management/2009/08/new-twitter-unfollow-tool-people-that-dont-engage-with-you/
let me know what you think of the idea
.-= Mike Morrison´s last blog ..New Twitter unfollow tool-people that don’t engage with you =-.
Twitter: jaredplittle
Thanks for sharing John I need to do some serious unfollowing but have the same problem. Too lazy to take the time but need to and don’t like the tools some here I havn’t tried. Thanks will check them out.
.-= Jared P Little´s last blog ..John Reese Sucess Stories with Anthony Robbins =-.
Have you tried twitblock.com? It actually rates the spamminess of all your followers, and makes unfollowing easy.
Twitter: jmwilliams
@Mark, it’s twitblock.org not .com
John-
Do a search on Tweepsync. It is part of a suite of Twitter application tools.
http://twitdom.com/tweepsync/
Works great for me.
Twitter: extremejohn
@Evan Beck, thank you for taking the time to leave a comment Evan I will def give TweepSync a shot.
I have used all the tools mentioned above and many more, and none of them give you as much functionality in unfollowing as http://www.tweepular.com
The best thing about tweepular is that you can unfollow users based on them not following you back within a certain amount of days.
The one problem I’ve found is that it doesn’t seem to work very well (at all) once you have over 20,000 followers….
.-= Shawn´s last blog ..So I’m An Affiliate Sales Idiot =-.
Hey John,
Ive had the exact same problems in the past – typically getting a heap of tweets from things related to meds and sex. This post is just what I needed to “unfollow” these annoying tweeters!
.-= Aidan @ Niche Blueprint 2 Bonus´s last blog ..About Us =-.
Twitter: extremejohn
@Aidan @ Niche Blueprint 2 Bonus, thats great news I’m happy you found something to get rid of some of those clowns. Thank you for taking the time to comment
Thanks! I use Twitter Follow back tools because it’s really important to follow back those who follow you!
Apart from politeness, I guenuinely enjoy finding out what my followers are up to and talking about!
So Follow Me, As I FOLLOW BACK!
http://twitter.com/PrayMaddyMcCann
Great article. I find SocialOomph (formerly Tweet Later) to be good for generally managing my account. I also use Friend or Follow, but find it a bit slow and clumsy with having to manually unfollow people.
I tried Twitter Karma from reading this article and that is exactly what I need at this point in time.
I also use Twitter Counter to find people to follow, as well as the list that I set up with Social Oomph, that does the searching for me based on my criteria.
I follow back too, if you follow: http://twitter.com/rebeccahabel
Twitter: onesuite
I find Twitter Karma very useful…I should start using it more.
.-= MichaelR´s last blog ..Cut Your Toll-Free Service Expenses =-.
It appears to be no longer possible to bulk unfollow at Twitter Karma.
So this site is of no use to me now anymore.
I made the mistake of following too many people when starting out. Unfollowing them is my punishment for following them in the first place. I learned my lesson for sure.
i am using diggerplus and hootsuite which is really a great twitter tools.. Just give a try.
.-= Kevin S @Free Vector Graphics´s last blog ..Funny Emoticons =-.
Twitter: smartbloggerz
The best tool I like is from the JohnChow. He owns a site called twitterfollower.com where he offers the bulk unfollow service..
.-= Typhoon´s last blog ..Success In Blogging Requires Attitude =-.
Untweeps is pretty cool. With it, you can automatically unfollow any person who hasn’t tweeted within a time periods that you designate.
.-= Will@laser hair removal´s last blog ..How Do You Feel About Your Body? Is Your Body Image Positive? =-.
Well done, thanks for the text!
.-= Schneider´s last blog ..Slideshow de imagens com a linha de comando =-.
This site seems will unfollow Twitter followers not following you, but there’s a limit of 50 per day.
I didn’t try them all, but Twitter Karma seemed to do the trick for me. Thanks for the resource list!
Twitter: extremejohn
@Ryan Cowles@Metacom Web Design, my pleasure. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment.
nice composition, another desktop tool to add: tweettwain
Twitter: extremejohn
@Ben, thank you Ben. Looks like I have a new one to check out
Could you please give http://www.JustUnfollow.com a try? A review on your site would help me a lot
Twitter: extremejohn
@Nischal Shetty, I appreciate you stopping by and suggesting your site. I will be checking it out, all though I don’t do a ton of reviews these days I will def write one for your product if it’s excellent.
Hi Nischal,
I use justunfollow.com personally as well as for my clients and found it is the best unfollow tool currently available since Twitter changed its unfollow policies.
Kudos,
Brandice
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Thank you so much for the encouraging words. Feels good to know that you use it
I was looking everywhere on how to unfollow people on twitter that are not following me. Thank you so much.
Nice list , i was knowing just 3 of em :high:
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, however Mutuality there seems to be redirecting to other link
Thank you for sharing this list. Iam using Twitter karma and gettting some benefit from it.
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Twitter: shaunjudy
This is a great list of tools John. Thanks for the finds….
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Twitter: extremejohn
Anytime.
I was searching for a tool like Untofollow. I wanted a good solution to unfollow some user. Thanks for the help.
Jeff@eczema treatment´s last [type] ..Causes of Eczema – What Causes Eczema
You rock. Thanks John for this list. I’m new to Twitter and want to implement it in my overall marketing strategy. Do you have a course or can you recommend one for a newbie?
Thanks!!
Rodney@home building guide´s last [type] ..Consumer Friendly Home Building Guide: How to Plan Build and Buy Your Dream Home and Save Thousands
Twitter: extremejohn
Hi Rodney, I don’t offer a course but I do have plenty of free information here about Twitter. Use the Google search box to the right and search “Twitter”, you will see all kinds of Twitter posts to help new Twitter users. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
I think I will enjoy and use this tool Twitter Karma. Because I have thousand of people on my twitter list that I don’t know if they are following me or not. This will help me get rid of people in bulk who are not following me
Kirsty@shopping cart´s last [type] ..Nexternal Review
Twitter: shadabiitr
I will try it for sure because without that tool we can not detect who are unfollow me whose I follow.
Thanks for share!
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Twitter: 1cardude
If I were a betting man I would say Twitter is gonna die out in a year or two. Although I could be wrong since Twitter and Facebook have practically replaced emailing.
Thomas@Modified Cars´s last [type] ..Modified Ferrari F458 by Wheels and More
Time by Time I have to unfollow people that don’t follow you back, that’s why I’m familiar with them, However there are sites listed here that I didn’t hear before about them. Thanks for sharing.
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Twitter: extremejohn
Happy that you were able to find something you hadn’t seen before. Thank you for commenting.
Twidium http://www.twidiumapp.com analyzes your list of following and followers and shows which accounts you follow but which don’t follow you. You tell the program how many accounts to unfollow. The program selects the accounts that received follow requests before others and checks whether they meet the selected criteria. Matching accounts immediately receive unfollow requests.
• Unfollow if an account has a standard avatar.
• Unfollow if an account’s tweet count is lower than…
• Unfollow if the Following/Followers ratio is lower than…
• Unfollow if the last tweet was left more than…
• Unfollow those whom the program followed more than…
Twitter: extremejohn
Thank you I will be sure to test this one out, and maybe review it sometime in the near future.
Twitter: AboutMuscl
Thanks for sharing John. I also made themistake of mass following. I really need to learn to tak my time a bit more. Will cetainly check the tools out.
James´s last [type] ..The Great Abs Mistake!
Twitter: extremejohn
My pleasure James, thanks for commenting. It’s still fun to mess with the tools from time to time
I still fail to see the financial benefits of promoting with Twitter, when it comes to certain products
Twitter: extremejohn
Hi brian, you might want to consider doing a search in the search bar up top. I’ve explained many instances in the past on here in regards to social media marketing and small business success stories that I’ve had since implementing social media in my businesses.
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