krausefx / twitter-unfollow

Unfollow everybody on Twitter

twitter-unfollow

My goal for the next months is to spend less time on social media and more time creating. Instead of reacting to things, I want to focus on having a bigger vision, planning things ahead and doing what has the highest impact.

I've been reading every single tweet in my timeline for the last 4 years with no interruption.

In total I have over 100 custom mute filters, including custom regexes like (@United|delta|Delta|JetBlue|jetblue)), and muted clients like Buffer

It's time for me to stop reading so much on social media portals, and focus on reading books instead.

I'll still follow a small amount of people via Twitter lists, since there are certain things I really don't want to miss

View full blog post on my Twitter setup

This script does the following:

• Unfollow everybody
• Puts them into a list called "Old Follows"
• Store the usernames of everyone in unfollowed_usernames.txt (this allows you to pretty easily follow everyone again when you feel like it)
• Store the usernames, together with full name and bio into unfollowed_full_names.txt (this allows you to search for users)

bundle install
bundle exec ruby unfollow.rb

Notes:

• Make sure to have DMs open to still be able to chat with your friends.
• Use a list to follow a small subset of people. This way you follow 0 people and nobody feels left out. The list can be private.
• Make sure to create a list called "Old Follows"

Technical Notes

• Create your application via Twitter Apps
• Set the following environment variables
  • ENV["CONSUMER_KEY"]
  • ENV["CONSUMER_SECRET"]
  • ENV["ACCESS_TOKEN"]
  • ENV["ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET"]
• Due to the API limits this script can only unfollow about 420 people per run. You'll need to regenerate keys after this 🤷‍♀️

View full blog post on my Twitter setup

twitter-unfollow's Issues

Script is missing

Error: tried to create Proc object without a block (ArgumentError)

Hi,

I have no knowledge of Ruby, so I simply downloaded your script and managed to run it. I get the following error:

C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday/options.rb:160:in `new': tried to create Proc object without a block (ArgumentError)
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday/options.rb:160:in `memoized'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday/options.rb:241:in `<class:ProxyOptions>'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday/options.rb:223:in `<module:Faraday>'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday/options.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday.rb:77:in `require'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday.rb:77:in `block in require_libs'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday.rb:76:in `each'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday.rb:76:in `require_libs'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday.rb:237:in `<module:Faraday>'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday.rb:16:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/rest/request.rb:2:in `require'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/rest/request.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/cursor.rb:2:in `require'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/cursor.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter.rb:3:in `require'
        from C:/Ruby31-x64/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter.rb:3:in `<top (required)>'
        from unfollow.rb:1:in `require'
        from unfollow.rb:1:in `<main>'

How can I fix it?

Twitter::Error::Forbidden

Hi Felix,

I love the idea and would like to use it for my twitter account.

Unfortunately Twitter forbids the access to my account. I only follow 250 people and my API, ACCESS Keys are all right. I saw that the Error Code meant that I have exceeded Twitter's APIs limits (source: https://dev.twitter.com/overview/api/response-codes, https://support.twitter.com/articles/15364).

Do you know how to fix that?

Thank you in advance.

This is my output:

/Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/rest/response/raise_error.rb:12:in `on_complete': Unable to verify your credentials (Twitter::Error::Forbidden)
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday/response.rb:9:in `block in call'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday/response.rb:61:in `on_complete'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday/response.rb:8:in `call'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday/request/url_encoded.rb:15:in `call'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday/request/multipart.rb:14:in `call'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/rest/request/multipart_with_file.rb:21:in `call'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday/rack_builder.rb:139:in `build_response'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday/connection.rb:377:in `run_request'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/faraday-0.11.0/lib/faraday/connection.rb:177:in `post'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/rest/request.rb:33:in `perform'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/rest/utils.rb:50:in `perform_request'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/rest/utils.rb:72:in `perform_request_with_object'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/rest/utils.rb:64:in `perform_post_with_object'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/rest/oauth.rb:29:in `token'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/headers.rb:38:in `auth_header'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/headers.rb:27:in `request_headers'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/rest/request.rb:31:in `perform'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/rest/utils.rb:50:in `perform_request'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/rest/utils.rb:95:in `perform_request_with_objects'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/rest/utils.rb:139:in `objects_from_response_with_user'
  from /Users/micky-mouse/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/twitter-6.1.0/lib/twitter/rest/lists.rb:34:in `lists'
  from unfollow.rb:21:in `old_follows_list'
  from unfollow.rb:5:in `run'
  from unfollow.rb:34:in `<main>'