Given the concerns about spam, there’s a growing interest in the quality of followers on Twitter. In other words, more Twitter users are starting to get their heads around the idea of quality rather than quantity even though we still tend to celebrate people who have thousands of followers. The question is how you effectively manage new followers.
A personal favorite is TwitSweeper, which automatically examines your followers to see if any of them are “spammy”, and then lets you to quickly remove and block them.TwitSweeper also removes “spammy” followers automatically.
Another entrant in the spam-game is True Twit, which verifies new followers to ensure they’re real people as opposed spammers or robots. TrueTwit comes in two flavours – premium and basic.
The premium version (the price doesn’t seem to be available on the Web site, although there is a 30-day, free trial) conducts an automated analysis of your followers and their tweets to determine who’s legit and who’s not. It also offers the option to auto-follow new followers who are verified, as well as an analysis page that summarizes your followers.
True Twit Basic sends all of your new followers a validation request through a direct message. If a new follower completes a CAPTCHA, they’re verified. Personally, the idea of sending each new follower a DM to see if they’re legitimate strikes me as far from user-friendly or efficient.
While I’ve signed up for the free version of True Twit, the system is currently going through my followers. When that’s completed, I’ll provide an update on its effectiveness.
Update: Here’s the e-mail you receive from True Twit after a new follower is validated:
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A personal favorite is TwitSweeper, which automatically examines your followers to see if any of them are “spammy”, and then lets you to quickly remove and block them.TwitSweeper also removes “spammy” followers automatically.
Another entrant in the spam-game is True Twit, which verifies new followers to ensure they’re real people as opposed spammers or robots. TrueTwit comes in two flavours – premium and basic.
The premium version (the price doesn’t seem to be available on the Web site, although there is a 30-day, free trial) conducts an automated analysis of your followers and their tweets to determine who’s legit and who’s not. It also offers the option to auto-follow new followers who are verified, as well as an analysis page that summarizes your followers.
True Twit Basic sends all of your new followers a validation request through a direct message. If a new follower completes a CAPTCHA, they’re verified. Personally, the idea of sending each new follower a DM to see if they’re legitimate strikes me as far from user-friendly or efficient.
While I’ve signed up for the free version of True Twit, the system is currently going through my followers. When that’s completed, I’ll provide an update on its effectiveness.
Update: Here’s the e-mail you receive from True Twit after a new follower is validated: