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Unladen Follow (a tool to cut the fat out of your Twitter stream)

22 points by danilocampos 16y ago

dochtman 16y ago
I wonder if this correctly calculates what tweets I get to see (replying to someone I also follow). Also, would be nice if it also showed retweets in the table.
- apike 16y ago
  If you analyze your current follow list it will represent exactly the tweets you see including the appropriate replies. In the "look up a user" mode, it will exclude all replies due to API limitations.
danilocampos 16y ago
Via this earlier thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1973732 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1973732 Good way to objectively measure the obnoxiousness of your stream. Pretty accurate – the top ten included all the noisy people who I've considered unfollowing in the past.
Flenser 16y ago
What's the difference between a laden and an unladen follow?
- danilocampos 16y ago
  Is it a coconut laden follow?
dreyfiz 16y ago
This is a great tool! Measuring your Tweet load in Scoble units is brilliant. I'm unfollowing my top 4. I can't bear to unfollow #5, @gapingvoid at 150 tweets/week. After that, the next 4 are going, and #10 @mike_ftw gets to stay with his 82 tweets. Not bad at all, I feel like this is really going to help me focus on the neglected long tail of people I follow who don't tweet 20+ times a day.
- danilocampos 16y ago
  Hugh McLeod is a sad, insecure, self-obsessed man of such vacuous character as to inspire immediate depression. Really, ubfollow him too.
  - dreyfiz 16y ago
    Tch. Sorry you feel that way. I like his stuff.
    - danilocampos 16y ago
      Sure, I understand. For me, there's only so much empty retweeting of blind praise, along with brittle, white knuckle cries of "douchebag" against anyone with the temerity ever to express disagreement, that I'm able to stomach. Hugh pretty much blows through a lifetime quota in about a week. Honestly, I feel so sad for this guy I want to puke and sob and nap all at the same time. I've never felt more gut wrenching pity for someone I haven't met not living in abject poverty. He's a useful cautionary tale but not a great follow.
- junkbit 16y ago
  "This is equivalent to following Robert Scoble 17 times" haha

22 points by danilocampos 16y ago

I wonder if this correctly calculates what tweets I get to see (replying to someone I also follow). Also, would be nice if it also showed retweets in the table.

apike 16y ago
If you analyze your current follow list it will represent exactly the tweets you see including the appropriate replies. In the "look up a user" mode, it will exclude all replies due to API limitations.

danilocampos 16y ago

Via this earlier thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1973732 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1973732 Good way to objectively measure the obnoxiousness of your stream. Pretty accurate – the top ten included all the noisy people who I've considered unfollowing in the past.

Flenser 16y ago

What's the difference between a laden and an unladen follow?

danilocampos 16y ago
Is it a coconut laden follow?

dreyfiz 16y ago

This is a great tool! Measuring your Tweet load in Scoble units is brilliant. I'm unfollowing my top 4. I can't bear to unfollow #5, @gapingvoid at 150 tweets/week. After that, the next 4 are going, and #10 @mike_ftw gets to stay with his 82 tweets. Not bad at all, I feel like this is really going to help me focus on the neglected long tail of people I follow who don't tweet 20+ times a day.

danilocampos 16y ago
Hugh McLeod is a sad, insecure, self-obsessed man of such vacuous character as to inspire immediate depression. Really, ubfollow him too.
- dreyfiz 16y ago
  Tch. Sorry you feel that way. I like his stuff.
  - danilocampos 16y ago
    Sure, I understand. For me, there's only so much empty retweeting of blind praise, along with brittle, white knuckle cries of "douchebag" against anyone with the temerity ever to express disagreement, that I'm able to stomach. Hugh pretty much blows through a lifetime quota in about a week. Honestly, I feel so sad for this guy I want to puke and sob and nap all at the same time. I've never felt more gut wrenching pity for someone I haven't met not living in abject poverty. He's a useful cautionary tale but not a great follow.
junkbit 16y ago
"This is equivalent to following Robert Scoble 17 times" haha