We’ve all probably done it, followed every single Twitter who has followed you, but this can sometimes seriously weaken your Twitter klout and viewing Tweets by those that you really are interested in.
Yesterday I wrote about “how to remove Twitter with no profile picture“, today I’m going to show you how you can vet your Twitter followers, weeding out the ones that you may not want to follow automatically, harsh as it sounds, not everyone is worth following.
So how can you Vet your Twitter Followers?
The way I found of doing this is by using the website SocialOomph, simply register and add your Twitter information, then once you have set up your account, you can now set up options to follow those that follow you, but, there is an option to Vet Followers and this is the option to use, as you can see from the image below.
Now you have to set up your settings for vetting Twitter followers, this will keep followers in a queue for three days giving you time to vet them, if you leave it then after three days the options you have made are performed.
It’s a technique that is for some and not for others, but if want a little control over your Twitter automation then this is certainly an option that you can take, there probably are other ways of doing this across the net, but this is just one that I have used in the past and found it very useful.
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Twitter: TechPatio
I missed the post about unfollowing twitter users without profile pictures – I’m going to give it a try and see if I can remove some using that tool
Regarding followering many users – just create lists to keep a closer eye on those you want to read more from. For instance, I have you on my “A” list that I check a few times daily. My “B” list I check every now and then and people not in any list, I only see when I open up TweetDeck or twitter.com – usually.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
Since Twitter Lists came along, I have noticed that more people seem to follow lists these days
When I first started Twitter I followed everyone. Then got super annoyed. The post yesterday is making my life easier since I’m deleting about 100 people a day with a few clicks. I found that the people worth following are the people I’m in contact with outside of Twitter. Everyone else just informs me that they’re changing the water in their cats bowl. Sorry, but that doesn’t interest me. I’d rather watch ice melt in a freezer.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
Glad yesterdays post came in useful for you …. Incidently I just commented on my blog
Twitter: DennisEdell
Hmm, now how many tools does this make for unfollowing someone?
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
Stacks
Twitter: moonheart85
I have used such type of tool before, but later I get that most of followers unfollow me for some days. Well I will try this new program.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
Let us know how you get on with it
Twitter: danalingga
I use manual way for this since my twitter growth is small.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
When your twitter gets more popular then this is something you may consider using
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Twitter: BraunDoug
You might want to try twitsweeper.com to remove spammy or undesirable followers…
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
Thanks Doug, will check it out ASAP
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Twitter: jhongmed
Interesting post Karen, will try tweaking my twitter account as soon as possible.
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Twitter: jsinkeywest
Karen first Thanks for leaving a comment I responded and I’m not desperate for page views LOL
Now Twitter. I unfollowed over 7000 people in one day because I go tired of scrolling down page after page to see someone I actually knew ex Bloggers. I had all kinds of people. Now and not in the SNOB mode I decided on my own acct I will only follow 100 people or less. I do sometimes feel bad to unfollow a blogger but quite honestly many are not worth following. Now I just wish twitter would jack Facebooks @ so I can @r and see rembeats @ j and see my friends etc. I also don’t use anything APPS other then twitter itself when you send out a post using hootsuite etc look at the Alexa your on their site and the people that may see your post are on their site
Have a great weekend.
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Thank You
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
Thanks for the, best comment on Blazing Minds since it started
Karen, cant put more nicely than this. This is a technique for some and not for others. After reading your post, I started checking the list of my followers and the list of people whom I follow. Earlier, I used to follow back whoever follows me, but when I did a random check I found so many fake and bot profiles this time. Thanks for this alarming information. I would have never known the existence of socialoomp and honestly i dont know a thing about twitter klout. You have really given me some work to do now. Thanks
heading to socialoomph right away.. not sure whose gonna get axed 
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Twitter: JustKissie
Karen, you know so much!
I wondered what the “Klout” meant when I see it on people’s profile but only in apps like TweetCaster and I think, Hootsuite. Thanks for answering that for me.
Checking out Social Oomph now.
Twitter: CoNaturGrl
Thank you for this article–I wasn’t even sure what “Vetting” meant, but you cleared it up for me. It’s tough when you are trying to create a following and you don’t have very many followers, but it is important to follow those that you have common interests with; especially when trying to use it to build a business. I agree–SocialOomph is the answer!!
Twitter: BlazingMinds
Hi Anita, thanks for stopping by and commenting