Comments on: Do You Clean Up Your Twitter Account? (3 Easy Tips)

By: RK Barclay - Writer

RK Barclay - Writer — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 06:05:36 +0000

Hi, Jenny:
Thanks for the tips! Tweepi is an extremely useful and user friendly resource. Thank you for sharing! Blessings, -RK

By: writersideup

writersideup — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 07:14:18 +0000

great stuff, Jenny 🙂 Thank you!

By: AndreaJWenger

AndreaJWenger — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 20:51:56 +0000

In reply to Jenny Hansen. People might protect their tweets because they want to interact with a specific group (like their peers), but don't want another group (boss, parents, Uncle Sam) to be able to see what they're tweeting. I don't think it makes sense for authors, whether aspiring or otherwise, to protect their tweets. Their ultimate goal should be to interact with potential readers, which means the general public.

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 19:55:13 +0000

In reply to Holly Robinson. LOL...thanks, Holly! I've never tried NotFollow.me. You'll have to let me know how you like it in the long term.

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 19:54:26 +0000

In reply to AndreaJWenger. Yes, but that whole "protected tweets" thing is bizarre to me. If you don't want the world to know what you're saying, why don't you just use email? Why bother with Twitter? What do you think...have you found a good reason for the whole "protected tweets" thing?

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 19:52:38 +0000

In reply to AndreaJWenger. Nice, Andrea! Thanks for playing, and sharing the results with the rest of us. I've never delved too deeply into Tweepi -- I just use it to clean house. Thanks for clicking and scoping out the features!

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 19:51:25 +0000

In reply to Robyn LaRue. Wonderful, Robyn...on both counts. You're going to love Marcy. :-)

By: Holly Robinson

Holly Robinson — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 19:09:14 +0000

For those of us too cheap/poor/unknown enough, there's a free app for "unfollowing" called NotFollow.me that tells you who isn't following you and lets you delete the cads among them...

By: AndreaJWenger

AndreaJWenger — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 18:55:42 +0000

Also, a caveat: If the Last Tweet column reads "unknown / never," that means either they've never tweeted OR their tweets are protected. Be sure to check which it is before unfollowing them!

By: AndreaJWenger

AndreaJWenger — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 17:27:21 +0000

Thanks, Jenny, this is great. I discovered a couple of Tweepi features that might speed up the process: You can change the number of entries per screen to 40 using the free version. All you have to do is tweet about Tweepi when prompted. (You can change the default message if you like.) Also, you can sort the list by the date of the last tweet, so you don't have to skim through the entire list if you just want to delete people who haven't tweeted in a while. (My criteria is 6 months for people I don't know.)