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November 30, 2010 • 10:46 am 1

FollowFormation – follow top accounts by interest and more

FollowFormation is technically not new, but it is still a useful tool. Their description makes it easier than retyping:

Followformation is a tool for novice Twitter

users (we call them “chirpers”) to get started with following the top people in the categories of their interest, and top people in the cities in which they live in. You can call it Twitter’s suggested users feature on steroids

What is interesting is that FollowFormation uses other Twitter directories to build it’s categories and lists. So we end up with a tool built on other tools.

They also do not want you to use their system to game Twitter. They built in varying limits that change constantly and can block you from following more until the next day.

How do they make money? Easy. Up to 10% of names in the lists are paid placements. I still like grass-roots growth initiatives. I realize some look at Twitter as a pure marketing channel, but it is so much more. Non-profits and charities can get a free slot, which is a nice touch from them.

Followformation has a winter Olympics edition built for you as well. So they play ti smart and build categories around upcoming events.

Filed under: Follower Management , followers, follower_management

November 29, 2010 • 10:32 am 0

DMCleaner – manage your direct messages

DMCleaner presents itself as a tool to maage your direct messages better than Twitter itself. Authentication is done via oAuth and that is the only choice on the homepage.

Once authenticated it pulls all your direct messages and gives you the count of received and sent. You are then presented with a list of choices as links:

Delete all DM’s
Delete all sent DM’s
Delete all received DM’s
Delete only DM’s with blocked users
Delete only DM’s with specific users
Delete only DM’s based on a specific date
Delete only DM’s containing specific words

Quite the choices. The first three are very easy to understand. I clicked the specific date for a test and a quick box appears asking you to specify the date via mm/dd/yyyy format, instead of a pop-up calendar. It works fine for the purpose.

I wish I could see all of the DM’s in a side window, pop-up or something to verify what I was doing. But that isn’t the case/

A great, quick tool that does just what it says in mass quantity. Just be sure you verify in the real Twitter UI before making any choice.

You could also look at Backupify as an option to backing up tweets before deleting them.

Filed under: Add-on Tools , delete, direct message, dm

November 3, 2010 • 10:00 am 1

MetroTwit: A Worthy Twitter Desktop Client for Windows (PC)

If you’re looking for that perfect Twitter desktop client for PC, MetroTwit is one you should consider. Giving you gorgeous column user interface packed with power Twitter users features makes MetroTwit stand out in the crowd.

MetroTwit features a bundle of customizable notifications with “toaster”, at-a-glance notifications in MetroTwit. If you’re using Windows 7 you can also opt-in to the message counter with Windows 7 taskbar integration. Adding your favorite Twitter list or stream of just one person as a MetroTwit column is as easy as selecting the pin icon when viewing a stream. Each additional column will be automatically resized to make room for the new colum.

After adding about 7 columns, a horizontal scrollbar appeared (results may vary based on your screen size). Once this happened columns stopped resizing automatically and I could still resize any column I wanted to create more space for better visibility. I’ve added 11 columns in MetroTwit with no problems.

When scrolling through messages, MetroTwit ditches the refresh button and instantly begins to pull up more tweets as you scroll further down the column. Not to mention MetroTweet offers auto-completion of usernames and hashtags! We definitely recommend trying this Twitter client out on your PC. It’s truly a great Twitter desktop client.

Via Charnita Fance at Blogging Tips

Filed under: Desktop Clients, PC, Twitter Clients , Metrotwit, Windows 7

November 3, 2010 • 8:21 am 1

Tweetgo Twitter Mobile Web Client for Nokia Maemo Gadgets (N900, N8)

Spotted on MyNokiaBlog.com, Tweetgo is a mobile web client for Twitter designed with Nokia Maemo devices in mind (i.e. Nokia N900). If you’ve ever owned a Nokiaa N900, then you’re aware of the lack of great Twitter clients for the Maemo platform. Tweetgo aims to be the solution using your mobile web browser.

Simply visit in http://www.tweetgo.net/ your mobile web browser to access your Twitter account coupled with a great user interface. Tweetgo works in both landscape and portrait mode and includes quick access to most Twitter features including your lists. Things like your Favorites might require a little digging.

MyNokiaBlog has some great screencaps and a video of Tweetgo.net running on a Nokia N8. Give it a whirl in your browser if you’re using any of the Nokia Maemo devices.