Category Archives: autofollow

With New API, Twitter Attempts to Kill Autofollow Apps

Posted on June 21, 2013 by jessestay

Just this last week Twitter retired their long-lived 1.0 API for developers. This API was the first “versioned” release, a breath of fresh air in many ways for developers that were tired of API updates breaking their code. On June … Continue reading →

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The New Twitter and Why Im Purging All 30,000 of My Friends

Posted on June 2, 2011 by jessestay

This has been done many times before and I’ve resisted it for years now. The fact is, auto-follow is a core service to my company, SocialToo, so choosing, as a user, to move away from such is a big deal. … Continue reading →

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The Real Solution to Fix the "Twitter Game"

Posted on January 21, 2010 by jessestay

Twitter has been initiating a crackdown of sorts on sites that offer “automated unfollow” services such as my own SocialToo.com.  Since we announced we were removing it on SocialToo, at least 3 other services have also been asked to remove … Continue reading →

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