Effective Management Tools For Cleaning Up Twitter Contacts

Jan 16 2009 View Comments

twitter With thousands of people to follow on Twitter, it’s not very hard to notice how busy your Twitter stream can get. Noise levels rise, and finding quality conversations and links in your Twitter stream can start to become a task similar to finding Big Foot. If you’ve been looking for quick and easy solutions to cleaning your list of friends on Twitter that are only wasting space or adding to the noise levels, I have two great solutions for you.
      

Twitter Karma

Twitter Karma is my web app of choice to clean my Twitter contact list of of people who aren’t following me back. In fact, it’s on my list of Twitter tools you shouldn’t be using Twitter without. However, on and off performance issues with Twitter Karma always kept me on the look out for something better and more stable. Lately, the service has been up to par.

To recap, Twitter Karma gives you multiple ways of seeing who you’re mutual followers are, who you’re following, and who’s following you. You can also bulk follow and unfollow people thanks to the service. It’s a great timesaver and great for keeping your contact list up-to-date. If you ever wonder if Twitter Karma may be wrong, just head over to DoesFollow to verify whether or not someone is following you.
       

MyCleenr

On the other hand we have MyCleenr. To be quite honest, it doesn’t compare to the functionality of Twitter Karma. However, if you’re just looking for a simple way to delete inactive accounts that you’re following, MyCleenr is the way to go (as long as you’re not following over 700 people). MyCleenr provides you with a simple overview of those that you are following on Twitter and the last time they tweeted. From there you can either click the “delete” button or leave them as a friend. Clicking the delete button will have MyCleenr automatically unfollows them for you. Simple and easy right?

     

Keeping Your List Clean

idea Unfortunately, automated services to keep things clean aren’t available (yet?). So you’ll have to keep using these services to get the job done. I’d recommend using them once or twice a month depending on the rate at which you attract followers. If you’re an “auto follower” then I’d suggest checking out SocialToo to help keep your friends list free of spammers without you lifting so much as a finger. Read more about SocialToo over at Louis Gray.


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  1. Rudy Amid Jan 16 2009 at 6:27 pm

    Sweet. I just used Twitter Karma to cull who I followed. I couldn't believe I was listening to that much noise!

    Thanks for the list.

  2. jessestay Jan 17 2009 at 10:39 pm

    Thanks for the mention of SocialToo, Corvida. Stay tuned, as I think, based on this article, you'll like where we're going.

  3. Bastien Jan 19 2009 at 1:25 pm

    Thanks for mentioning mycleenr :)

  4. Paul Jan 19 2009 at 7:23 pm

    you should mention http://twitoria.com, it's like MyCleenr but doesn't require your password

  5. jessestay Jan 19 2009 at 11:19 pm

    Thanks Corvida – I'll check that out. I didn't realize that.

  6. Corvida Jan 20 2009 at 12:17 am

    I will definitely stay tuned. My only request is to get the email formatting compatible on the iPhone's screen. If you're up for it I wouldn't mind beta testing this in the future. Currently though, I can't check SocialToo's email on my iPhone in the mail app nor in Gmail. It doesn't display properly. :(

  7. Corvida Jan 20 2009 at 12:31 am

    No problem Rudy. Someone else has suggested http://twitoria.com but I prefer Twitter karma and MyCleenr's UI's over Twitoria.

  8. Corvida Jan 20 2009 at 12:37 am

    Let me know if you need a screenshot of how things look. I can send it to you first thing tomorrow.

  9. Corvida Jan 20 2009 at 3:16 pm

    Test

  10. Corvida Jan 20 2009 at 3:24 pm

    Test

  11. Singapore Hotel Jan 21 2009 at 11:31 am

    Twitoria's a good tool, find it slightly more convenient.

  12. Ankit Jan 22 2009 at 1:46 am

    http://friendorfollow.com/ does an awesome job of a simple functionality. I really liked it's interface, it doesn't ask for your password and it's fun to use. The only downside is, you cannot unfollow a user from within the site. But then, you don't have to trust them with your password.
    One thing it lacks is that it doesn't show you users who have not tweeted for a long time.

  13. CPB Mar 01 2009 at 3:59 am

    I'll try Twitter Karma.. I hope they are up by par..

  14. Jared O'Toole Mar 01 2009 at 10:45 am

    Twitter karma has always worked great for me.

  15. Massive! Apr 02 2009 at 9:23 am

    There is also Tweepular http://www.Tweepular.com great for displaying followers and cleansing your Twitter account of users who do not create value for your Twitter account!

  16. Massive! Apr 02 2009 at 10:23 am

    There is also Tweepular http://www.Tweepular.com great for displaying followers and cleansing your Twitter account of users who do not create value for your Twitter account!

  17. Nancy Aug 12 2009 at 7:54 pm

    I'm seeing a few others like Nest Unclutter and UnTweeps. Does anyone know anything about those?

  18. dsmutum Aug 16 2009 at 2:22 pm

    Had been looking for this tool for quite sometime. Twitter Karma is amazing. Thanks for the info.

  19. dsmutum Aug 16 2009 at 6:22 pm

    Had been looking for this tool for quite sometime. Twitter Karma is amazing. Thanks for the info.

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