What is the MAX per day TWITTER FOLLOWS you can get away with? - GoFuckYourself.com

CunningStunt · 11-23-2009, 11:38 PM

Roughly. Any idea?

I don't want to get a couple of good accounts canned for spamming too hard. I could test it with a few different accounts, but that's a tad risky, so it's easier just to ask you spammers, I mean fellow webmasters.

JD · 11-24-2009, 12:07 AM

i'd do no more than 1k/day per account/ip

D Ghost · 11-24-2009, 12:10 AM

Be very careful, I've had a few accounts banned for even following less than 1K people a day... I think it's a time based gauge. Not how many, but how many + how fast.

"Mass following" is something they've really cracked down on.

CunningStunt · 11-24-2009, 01:45 AM

Cool. I'll get my programmer to write a bot to stagger the follows then, based on a max of around 1000 or less per day. Thx.

Dirty Lord · 11-24-2009, 04:12 AM

i dont know, for sure.

Lace · 11-24-2009, 07:33 AM

I personally wouldn't do any more then 500 in a 24 hour period.

Libertine · 11-24-2009, 07:34 AM

Impossible to say, since the algo they use also weighs follow-back ratio, link/tweet ratio, spam complaints, etc.

TheDoc · 11-24-2009, 07:43 AM

Under 2k followers, add 500, wait 2 days, delete the non-followers. Repeat. It will take you roughly half a month to get close to 1,800.

Once you reach 2k or close to it, you need to be within about 20% with your following, for your followers list to be allowed to grow past 2k, without your following matching.

Once you break 2k, you can have about 20% more people you follow vs following you. As you increase in size, the % of allowed following over followers gets smaller.

With the twitter tools like twellow and just chat/rt's you can build to 2k following in 3 months..without ever adding people on your side by hand.

Link spamming is like any place... keep it light, keep it niched, and don't forget to inject real material, non-spam, help and rt other peoples crap. I personally do a 2 or 3 text or free of marketing post (or an rt), vs 1 raw spam - daily - on my spammish accounts.

Thus far... 20ish accounts, I haven't had an account banned and all are around 2k or larger, following the same formula.

punkpred · 11-24-2009, 08:13 AM

I can guarantee you 200 non tageted or 100 targeted a day for up to 2000 followers.
Hit me up if you're interested.

CunningStunt · 11-24-2009, 10:40 AM

Thanks TheDoc, exactly the info I was after

JD · 11-24-2009, 02:10 PM

btw, you need to unfollow people as well in the process... just add add add add isn't "normal" behavior

$5 submissions · 11-24-2009, 02:11 PM

The more I know about Twitter the more I realize it's not about the volume of follows.

TheDoc · 11-24-2009, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by $5 submissions

The more I know about Twitter the more I realize it's not about the volume of follows.

That all depends on how the Twitter account is setup and used. I will admit though, being social greatly helps with RT's which can send great deals of traffic. That's where the big social boost comes from on Twitter, which reaches out to other networks.

If you open an account, start spamming nothing but aff links, you're only friends will be other bots.

If you randomly follow people or niche target them, and you interact with them, rt posts, and talk to the people... the random groups, will respond as much as the targeted niches.

My targeted accounts will get at least 1% of the clicks, from my following. One of our cooking accounts, which is random followings does about 2.5% clicks... Btw, these are avg's for every link posted.

So you don't have to be social, you don't have to target a niched group... but the more you match things up, the more you add in rather than take out... the better the end results will be for you when it comes to global reach.

$5 submissions · 11-24-2009, 02:28 PM

100% agree on targeting. Also, I agree with you, most of the action is "surfing" the influence of your followers. Also, pushing content onto non-followers who are very
influential can also yield traffic when they RT.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDoc

That all depends on how the Twitter account is setup and used. I will admit though, being social greatly helps with RT's which can send great deals of traffic. That's where the big social boost comes from on Twitter, which reaches out to other networks.

If you open an account, start spamming nothing but aff links, you're only friends will be other bots.

If you randomly follow people or niche target them, and you interact with them, rt posts, and talk to the people... the random groups, will respond as much as the targeted niches.

My targeted accounts will get at least 1% of the clicks, from my following. One of our cooking accounts, which is random followings does about 2.5% clicks... Btw, these are avg's for every link posted.

So you don't have to be social, you don't have to target a niched group... but the more you match things up, the more you add in rather than take out... the better the end results will be for you when it comes to global reach.

fatfoo · 11-24-2009, 02:33 PM

I don't know, a lot of people are replying with the number 1000. I say it's a safe bet.

ry0t · 11-24-2009, 02:42 PM

Hi guys, what does RT mean?

PenisFace · 11-24-2009, 02:45 PM

Just goto a BH site and buy 5,000 twitter accounts. write a script that adds 50 follow thingy mabobbers a day for each account. In one month you'll be following like 700 billion people. Now write/buy a script that spams everyone and their mother with fake rolex watch spam and cry as every single on fo your 5000 accounts gets banned. :D

CamsMaster · 11-24-2009, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PenisFace

Just goto a BH site and buy 5,000 twitter accounts. write a script that adds 50 follow thingy mabobbers a day for each account. In one month you'll be following like 700 billion people. Now write/buy a script that spams everyone and their mother with fake rolex watch spam and cry as every single on fo your 5000 accounts gets banned. :D

TheDoc · 11-24-2009, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ry0t

Hi guys, what does RT mean?

Retweet it's when someone else re-posts your tweet.

l0lf4c3 · 11-24-2009, 03:49 PM

any safe tools digging up who doesnt follow you back?

CunningStunt · 11-24-2009, 04:34 PM

Some good info in this thread.

I'm targeting a specific niche, and trying to get in amongst all the chief influencers. One way is to find one of them, and then contact all their followers. Move on, rinse and repeat.

You can do it semi automatically with tweepi, but there comes a point you have to start culling the dead wood, and know when to stop for the day.

CunningStunt · 11-24-2009, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by l0lf4c3

any safe tools digging up who doesnt follow you back?

There's some good tools on this site: http://understandyourniche.com/twitt...following-list

l0lf4c3 · 11-24-2009, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CunningStunt

You can do it semi automatically with tweepi, but there comes a point you have to start culling the dead wood, and know when to stop for the day.

that worked perfectly, thanks

marketsmart · 11-24-2009, 05:32 PM

500 a day works for me and no issues...

11-23-2009, 11:38 PM	#1
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11-24-2009, 07:43 AM	#8
TheDoc Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Currently Incognito Posts: 13,827	Under 2k followers, add 500, wait 2 days, delete the non-followers. Repeat. It will take you roughly half a month to get close to 1,800. Once you reach 2k or close to it, you need to be within about 20% with your following, for your followers list to be allowed to grow past 2k, without your following matching. Once you break 2k, you can have about 20% more people you follow vs following you. As you increase in size, the % of allowed following over followers gets smaller. With the twitter tools like twellow and just chat/rt's you can build to 2k following in 3 months..without ever adding people on your side by hand. Link spamming is like any place... keep it light, keep it niched, and don't forget to inject real material, non-spam, help and rt other peoples crap. I personally do a 2 or 3 text or free of marketing post (or an rt), vs 1 raw spam - daily - on my spammish accounts. Thus far... 20ish accounts, I haven't had an account banned and all are around 2k or larger, following the same formula. __________________ ~TheDoc - ICQ7765825 It's all disambiguation Last edited by TheDoc; 11-24-2009 at 07:46 AM..

11-24-2009, 12:07 AM	#2
JD Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22,651	i'd do no more than 1k/day per account/ip

11-24-2009, 12:10 AM	#3
D Ghost null Industry Role: Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,820	Be very careful, I've had a few accounts banned for even following less than 1K people a day... I think it's a time based gauge. Not how many, but how many + how fast. "Mass following" is something they've really cracked down on.

11-24-2009, 01:45 AM	#4
CunningStunt Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,594	Cool. I'll get my programmer to write a bot to stagger the follows then, based on a max of around 1000 or less per day. Thx.

11-24-2009, 08:13 AM	#9
punkpred Confirmed User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,434	I can guarantee you 200 non tageted or 100 targeted a day for up to 2000 followers. Hit me up if you're interested. __________________ HDVBucks

11-24-2009, 10:40 AM	#10
CunningStunt Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,594	Thanks TheDoc, exactly the info I was after

11-24-2009, 02:10 PM	#11
JD Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22,651	btw, you need to unfollow people as well in the process... just add add add add isn't "normal" behavior

11-24-2009, 02:11 PM	#12
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11-24-2009, 02:42 PM	#16
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PenisFace Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Vancouver Posts: 3,774	Just goto a BH site and buy 5,000 twitter accounts. write a script that adds 50 follow thingy mabobbers a day for each account. In one month you'll be following like 700 billion people. Now write/buy a script that spams everyone and their mother with fake rolex watch spam and cry as every single on fo your 5000 accounts gets banned. :D __________________ Need custom blog posts or articles? Hit me up: Blog And Article Writer Yes, I can do any kind of custom orders, too! ICQ: 641204000

11-24-2009, 03:49 PM	#20
l0lf4c3 Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 574	any safe tools digging up who doesnt follow you back?

11-24-2009, 04:34 PM	#21
CunningStunt Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,594	Some good info in this thread. I'm targeting a specific niche, and trying to get in amongst all the chief influencers. One way is to find one of them, and then contact all their followers. Move on, rinse and repeat. You can do it semi automatically with tweepi, but there comes a point you have to start culling the dead wood, and know when to stop for the day.

11-24-2009, 05:32 PM	#24
marketsmart HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sunnybrook Institution for the Criminally Insane Posts: 20,419	500 a day works for me and no issues...