require 'rubygems'
require 'twitter'
auth = Twitter::HTTPAuth.new('twitter_username', 'password')
base = Twitter::Base.new(auth)
guilty = base.friend_ids - base.follower_ids
puts "There are #{guilty.size} People you follow who do not follow you"
guilty.each do |user_id|
user = base.friendship_destroy([user_id])
puts "#{user.id} not following anymore"
end
require 'twitter'
auth = Twitter::HTTPAuth.new('twitter_username', 'password')
base = Twitter::Base.new(auth)
guilty = base.friend_ids - base.follower_ids
puts "There are #{guilty.size} People you follow who do not follow you"
guilty.each do |user_id|
user = base.friendship_destroy([user_id])
puts "#{user.id} not following anymore"
end
Orginal code only lists people which are not following you. http://blog.jerodsanto.net/2009/05/see-which-twitterers-dont-follow-youback-in-less-than-15-lines-of-ruby/#more-292
I changed the code a little and now it can be used for mass unfollow in twitter. Use responsibly, don’t forget you’re limitted by the api limit. I’m not sure but a user can make 150 requests from the api in a hour. This means you can unfollow 150 people in a hour.
How to Run the Code
Ubuntu users can run the code easily. Open a terminal and copy paste the codes.
sudo gem install twitter
After the installation process, copy the ruby code to a text editor which is given above. (Don’t forget to change the username and password)
Then save the file as unfollow.rb and run the code in terminal.
irb unfollow.rb
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