Now while I do want you to keep your comments and
language online clean, that isn't what I mean here! I'm talking about
keeping your followers, friends and connects on the various online
networks clear of spammers, pornsters, and dead weight. So here are
some quick tips in Twitter this week to keep it clean. In the coming
weeks I'll address simple techniques to do the same for LinkedIN and
Facebook.
Twitter is the easiest with the following sampling of tools:
www.refollow.com
go check this out and follow the directions at the top to simply and
quickly purge your list of followers from dead weight, Tweeps no longer
Tweeting, Tweeps without a face (always suspect), Tweeps not following
you (how dare they not follow you back, it's polite protocol on
Twitter!), and others. The choice is yours, the process happens in
minutes.
www.twitchuck.com
this is also self explanatory and I opted for the proversion for less
than $1 a month (yes, you did read that right, under $12/year). This
keeps tabs on your followers and regularly purges spammers and
pornsters from your following. It saves a lot of time and aggravation
with blocking.
www.twitterkarma.com
you may need the back door for this (of course I know it!) This was a
gift from a fellow Twitter giant back when I got started. It is only
effective to under 10K followers but you can dump dead weight en masse
(remember that 70% of those who climb on Twitter, fall off within 3
weeks, sad but true).
I prefer to keep my list of followers cleaned up
because I am interested only in those who are going to be active,
engaged, tuned in, and turned on. I certainly want to keep out the
spammers and pornsters and blocking can be a full time job! Happy
cleaning.
Do you have any tips for cleaning up your twitter followers list?