Grim Tweeper

Productivity

twitter follow list cleanup

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Grim Tweeper

Grim Tweeper, easy way to clean up Twitter 'follow' lists

grimtweeper.com

#twitter#unfollow#follow list#twitter cleanup

40points
33comments
#305of 1,097 in 2011
Top 28%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

2 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 5 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.

Idea: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful, convenient one-click keep or kill flow

    From 3 comments
    • Useful tool. Some advice: It seems the order of user is random, I hope there're some better algorithms to present the potential users I may want to kill. The activities of user,…
      wsxiaoys on HN
    • Thanks for your feedback. We felt like the value added features are the convenience that the app affords e.g no scrolling, and the decision to follow or unfollow is done with…
      dshipper on HN
    • I like this - a lot. Please give me the option to see a long list containing all of the people that I follow. Showing me the users follow to followers ratio as a percentage would…
      RBr on HN

Objections

  • Does not sort or prioritise accounts to remove

    From 2 comments
    • Useful tool. Some advice: It seems the order of user is random, I hope there're some better algorithms to present the potential users I may want to kill. The activities of user,…
      wsxiaoys on HN
    • Seems like all it does is iterate through my Twitter followers and ask me if I want to unfollow each one. I was a little disappointed, I was hoping it would tell me which ones…
      plnewman on HN
  • Unclear value over scrolling own timeline

    From 1 comment
    • Admittedly, I didn't log in and actually try your site but from the looks of the landing page, why couldn't I just march down my timeline and essentially do the same thing?…
      bobabooey on HN
  • Privacy policy missing from front page

    From 1 comment
    • I see a button to sign in with Twitter, but nothing to tell me what--if anything--you will do with any data you obtain from Twitter or from observing my activities using your…
      raganwald on HN

Requests

  • Sort by interaction or likelihood to remove

    From 3 comments
    • Useful tool. Some advice: It seems the order of user is random, I hope there're some better algorithms to present the potential users I may want to kill. The activities of user,…
      wsxiaoys on HN
    • agreed. I need something that tells me how often I interact with fellow tweeters...and based off that, keep/remove. my 0.02
      huge_ness on HN
    • Indeed. I can manually remove people (sure, it isn't as fun) but you have a real opportunity to add value here. The criteria I look at when I do one of my periodic follower…
      jlees on HN
  • Show follow-to-follower ratio and a full list view

    From 1 comment
    • I like this - a lot. Please give me the option to see a long list containing all of the people that I follow. Showing me the users follow to followers ratio as a percentage would…
      RBr on HN
  • Bulk unfollow option

    From 1 comment
    • I like this - a lot. Please give me the option to see a long list containing all of the people that I follow. Showing me the users follow to followers ratio as a percentage would…
      RBr on HN
  • Show which followers never post

    From 1 comment
    • Seems like all it does is iterate through my Twitter followers and ask me if I want to unfollow each one. I was a little disappointed, I was hoping it would tell me which ones…
      plnewman on HN

Questions

  • What data is stored and how is it used

    From 1 comment
    • I see a button to sign in with Twitter, but nothing to tell me what--if anything--you will do with any data you obtain from Twitter or from observing my activities using your…
      raganwald on HN

Alternatives named

  • Tweepsect

    From 1 comment
    • http://tweepsect.com/ might be what you need. I built it a few years ago, it tells you who is following you back, and if they haven't tweeted recently, etc. Unfortunately it…
      shazow on HN

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