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bulk actions in follow/unfollow queue?

Anonymous 11 years ago updated by AmandaE 10 years ago 11
Are there bulk actions in follow/unfollow  queue? as its a real pain doing it all individually
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Great question!  Unfortunately per Twitter's TOS there is no way to allow bulk actions when following or unfollowing BUT we will be deploying a new UI for this page so that the process is much much quicker and easier.  Stay tuned
What does TOS and UI mean? What will UI do and when will it be doing it?
I apologize for my original response not being clear. TOS is Terms of Service, which can be found here https://dev.twitter.com/terms/api-terms. These are rules set by Twitter that Refollow must comply with or we will be shutdown.

UI is user interface. We are redesigning the current flow for users to follow and unfollow people on Refollow. Twitter's terms do not allow us to implement bulk actions. BUT we are making the process much more streamlined so it's quicker and simpler for our subscribers.

I hope to have this out next week.
ok ta. something like the sweep over tool as used on selecting Tweeters prior to adding to queues might be good
In order to meet Twitter's TOS what about abstracting the bulk actions? So we can bulk select people to follow/unfollow, but it isn't executed immediately. Instead it gets queued on your side. Then based on some sort of lag time (which may or may not be configurable by users) it will go through the queue one-by-one.

This would be a HUGE time save as your tools allow us to filter down to a granular level to where I feel confident in doing a "select all".

Definitely something I would value to where I would upgrade to a higher level package than where we are currently at.

Thanks!
Jason
@SugarOutfitters, we had implemented something similar to what you are suggesting, but Twitter blocked us for a month.  Twitter does not allow any automation of this type at all.  While it would be amazingly helpful, Twitter will not allow it, so we will not be planning to roll this out.  

Hope that makes sense and I understand where you are coming from.  We will continue to improve the experience to make the manual process as smooth and efficient as possible.
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Just following up to say that this is much, much more usable and faster now. Love the queue and the ability to hold a shortcut key down to quickly follow or ignore. 

Thank you!
Woohoo!  Glad you are enjoying the new features and performance!
Hi Refolllow, is your platform good if I have a mass of Twitter users I want to follow? A client's given me c.3,000 twitter handles that he wants to follow. Can Refollow help me with this?
We don't support users following a specific list of people like this BUT Refollow will remove the painful step of having to find 3000 people to follow.  You can narrow the parameters of who you search for and follow - thus creating a focused list of Twitter handles to connect with!