3 Twitter Apps to Unfollow Spammers, Inactive Users and More

In looking at my Twitter profile today, I realized I haven’t been getting the most out of Twitter. Once I would get new followers, I began to click to follow the majority of them back. About 30 minutes ago, I had 783 followers and I was following 685. Of the 685 Twitter users, I knew maybe 10 or so. The Tweets from those I know have been getting lost in a bunch of other Tweets that, for the most part, didn’t interest me.

I began to question whether it was wrong to unfollow those who are currently following you, but then realized in order for me to get the most out of Twitter, I had to follow only the content that interests me. Therefore, my goal was to unfollow as many users as possible and start over. Unfortunately, Twitter has no way to do a bulk unfollow, so I looked to Google for an answer. Google brought me Twitter Kharma, a handy little tool that displays all followers and users you are currently following and gives you the option to bulk follow or bulk unfollow. It also displays their last updated, to help you determine which users have been inactive for a long period of time. In a period of 5 to 10 minutes, the users I follow decreased from 685 to 37. I unchecked the users I knew I wanted to follow, then clicked the “bulk unfollow” button.

In addition to Twitter Kharma, another great tool is The Twit Cleaner, which analyzes those you follow to determine which are spambots, spammers, time wasters, etc. It will then create a detailed report and DM you upon completion. Another effective tool is UnTweeps, which analyzes those you follow to determine who hasn’t been active in 30, 60 or 90 days.

So now that I’ve cleaned up my followers, the following tool will be used to help me follow Twitter users based on my interest, as opposed to just who follows me. TweetPromote helps you find targeted friends and followers on Twitter. It doesn’t use automation, robots or spam. Instead, you use it to help match your interest with other Twitter users.