Top 5 Best Free Tools to Mass/Bulk Unfollow on Twitter

Twitter is superb, but the common issue I’ve noticed on twitter is getting to a point, where users have followed too many people. This issue is common among newer users who always use different exchange programs to increase their twitters followers, hoping this people will follow them back, but at the end of the day only little percentage of the people they followed will follow them back in return.

One thing most people, who try to increase the numbers of their followers by following so many people don’t know is that, twitter only allows you to follow 2,500 account unless you have 2,500 followers yourself. So to increase your chance of getting more followers, it would be a good idea to dump those old follows to bring on new ones who are more likely to follow you back.

Dumping old follows is not an easy task if you intend to do that on twitter itself. You can only remove them one after the other and this is a hard task, in short, you can’t bulk unfollow on twitter itself. For instance, a page that has followed about 2,000 users but only have 30 that followed it back needs to remove those follows, and try to add new ones. Removing 2,000 follows for such account owner on twitter manually will be hard, boring and there won’t be time for important stuffs that needed to be done online as well.

But with the advent of some online tools created with twitter API, users that have followed many accounts can now easily unfollow them to create space for new follows. But you need to be aware that Twitter can suspend users account if it identifies what it calls “aggressive/unfollow behavioral”. So when using any of these tools, you have to go softly with it.

You can also read:

• How to Auto Tweet Facebook Status
• Top Reasons Why People Unfollow You on Twitter [Infographic]

The apps below are the best tools to bulk unfollow on twitter, so am introducing you to the current, best, free online tools to bulk unfollow twitter users who are not following you back.

1. Geshout

Geshout is one of the fastest and efficient unfollow tools that can be used on twitter to unfollow many users. It has a cheap and nasty interface, but it does a good job. You can elect to unfollow “lazy tweeters” who have not tweeted in the past XX days, select and ufollow, or select all and unfollow.

2. ManageFlitter

ManageFlitter was formerly regarded as ManageTwitter. This app may take a couple of minute to load if you have thousands of followers, but it gives room to unfollow lots of people as well. It has so many features such as: it shows those people you are following but are not following you back at once, it allows users to check on which they choose to unfollow, click the “Unfollow” button, and they are history. You can also unfollow lazy tweeters (i.e. those who haven’t tweeted in a while).

3. Refollow

This app helps to bulk unfollow those people you followed but doesn’t follow you back. This app is safe and quick. It allows you to block, “whitelist” and list people.

4. JustUnfollow

This app provides you with the list of twitters users you are following, but are not following you back, with the option to select those you want to unfollow from the list. But the irritating part of this app is that you will only be allowed to unfollow 50 people with a free account. To unfollow more than 50, you have to upgrade.

5. UnTweeps

This app is fast and great for all minimalist who don’t like a lot of clutter. This app will list the people who are not following you back and/or who haven’t tweeted for a certain amount of time.

I’ve listed out the awesome tools that can be use to bulk unfollow on twitter without any ado. Do you have any good Twitter tools you can share? Post in the comments section below.

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Are Twitter Followers More Valuable Than Facebook Friends/Fans [Infographics]

The two largest Social Networking Sites that is commonly used by private and business bodies are Facebook and Twitter. People often use so many means such as paid and free means to get friends, fans & followers on both social network, but the problem is most users don’t really know the one that is really important between the two.

Today, I want to share a simple Infographic I found online that explains the important of Twitter followers and Facebook Friends/Fans. Enjoy it:

Click on image to view full size. In case you were unable to view it on mobile, view it on PC.

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Top Reasons Why People Unfollow You on Twitter [Infographic]

Twitter followers are very important and keeping these followers is another important task that must not be overlooked. Followers hate irrelevant tweets, so in order not to make your audience hit their ‘Unfollow’ button you must make relevant and interesting tweets. Though tweeting of irrelevant content is not the only reason for audience to hit their ‘unfollow’ button, there are several reasons why people unfollow your Twitter account, such as: too much of self promotion, too much automation, spamming, repetition, too many begging tweets and etc.

Read: Why People Friend and Unfriend on Facebook [Infographic]

So today, I want to share an educative infographic that explains the top 15 reasons why people unfollow you on twitter, so if you consider this reasons carefully and practice them you will save yourself from the mistakes many brands have make in the past to get people unfollow them.



Not everyone will like your updates on Twitter, so being unfollowed on Twitter is going to happen. The best way to minimize the numbers of those who unfollow you is to understand what makes your followers happy, engaged, and excited about your practice. Once you do that, you’ll be seeing many more followers than unfollowers.

Other than the reasons stated in the infographic above, what will make you unfollow someone on Twitter?

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How to Update Facebook Status with Twitter Tweets

In my previous post, I shared How you Can Auto Tweet your Facebook Status and I promised to share how you can also update your Facebook status with your Twitter tweets.

To link your Twitter account to Facebook profile (or page) is very easy and you can get it to work by following the steps outlined below.

• Login to your twitter account
• Click on your profile name
• Click on edit your profile link
• Click on “Post your Tweets to Facebook” on your profile page
• You will be required to log in to your Facebook Account and then click yes and allow Twitter to post and manage your statuses
• If you only want your tweets to appear on your profile, click save changes. But if you want to connect it to your page, then click ‘My Facebook page’ box and then select the page you want to add and then click save.

You have now connects your twitter account with Facebook profile (or page). So whenever you tweet, it will automatically show on your Facebook profile with a blue bird showing via twitter.

In case you want to stop this in the future just go back to your Twitter account profile and click on disconnect.

Question: Did this work for you? How has this changed your use of Facebook and Twitter.

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How You Can Auto Tweet Your Facebook Status

At times, we might want to tweet the status we updated on Facebook, but it is kind of frustrating to go to twitter every time to tweet the same status that was updated on Facebook. Though this can be automated i.e. Facebook status can be converted to tweet automatically without login in to your twitter account but some people don’t really know how this work.

So today, I want to share a simple tutorial on how you can link your Facebook profile (or page) to your Twitter account so that whenever you post a public update to Facebook, your Twitter account would be updated.

Go to http://www.facebook.com/twitter to link your Facebook profile (or page) to your Twitter account. You can also do it using any of the two Facebook app link given below:

• Tweet 2 Twitter
• Tweeter.

In my next post, I will explain how you can update your Facebook status with your Twitter Tweets.

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Script To Unfollow Many Twitter Users You Are Following: Mass Unfollow

Many people have many accounts on twitter and follow many people so that those people they followed can follow them back in return. But the most staggering thing with twitter is that you can only follow 2,000 people at a time.

Check: Top 5 Best Tools to Bulk/Mass Unfollow on Twitter

Today, I found a simple PHP script online that may relief you from manually unfollow those people you followed. This simple PHP script must be uploaded to a server and run it every time you want to do mass unfollow on your twitter account. Your server needs cURL before this script can run.

Here is the Script:

<?php

// Set username and password

$username = ‘username’;
$password = ‘password’;
// The twitter API address
$url = ‘http://www.twitter.com/friends/ids.xml’;
// Set up and execute the curl process
$curl_handle = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, “$url”);
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2);
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_GET, 1);
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_USERPWD, “$username:$password”);

$buffer = curl_exec($curl_handle);
curl_close($curl_handle);
// check for success or failure
if (empty($buffer)) {
echo ‘Error’;
} else {
echo ‘<h1>Success Connate</h1><hr>’;
}
// xml to array
//
//echo $buffer ;
$xml = simplexml_load_string(“$buffer”);
foreach ($xml->children() as $child)
{
echo ” $child “;
// The twitter API address
$url_2 = “http://twitter.com/friendships/destroy.xml?user_id=$child”;
$curl_handle = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, “$url_2″);
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2);
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, “status=$message”);
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_USERPWD, “$username:$password”);
$buffer_2 = curl_exec($curl_handle);
curl_close($curl_handle);
// check for success or failure
if (empty($buffer_2)) {
echo ‘Error’;
} else {
echo ‘Go to hell<br/><hr>’;
}
}
?>

How To Use & Install The Above Script:
1. Copy and paste the code above in your notepad,
2. Insert your twitter username and password into the script,
3. Save the script in the notepad as anything.php,
4. Then upload the script to you webhost,
5. After you must have uploaded the script successfully, go to the directory of the script e.g. http://www.yourdomain.com/anything.php. Make sure you secure the directory.

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