Ghost followers and friends are inactive accounts that do not engage with your Twitter account. Who doesn't want to weed out inactive accounts from its Twitter garden?
These accounts could be made by spammers or by bots and they just follow you on Twitter while never interacting with your account.
It’s best to remove ghost Twitter followers and friends to save your Twitter account from spammers.
For example, you may be followed by OnlyFans girls on Twitter. They never engage with your content, and never interact with you! These are the signs that they are fake!
I would say that none of them really contribute to your tweets in any way. They add to your Twitter following numbers with no benefit of actually following them or being followed by them.
Now, the question is, how can you distinguish between ghost, bot, fake, and inactive Twitter followers and friends?
Arif Akdogan
Why Should You Bother to Remove Fake and Ghost Twitter Followers and Friends?
Firstly, you have no reason to follow them because they are inactive or dead accounts. You do not see any valuable content from them or maybe any content at all.
Secondly, if you’re an avid Twitter user who cares about his tweet engagement then these accounts give you false analytics.
➡️ Let’s just say that you have 6k Twitter followers. A Twitter audit shows you that 65% of your Twitter followers are either ghost followers or inactive accounts.
A quick calculation would tell you that almost 4000 of your followers have been worthless while you have been expecting retweets and likes from them.
So, when your like percentage is 2% in your Twitter analytics, it’s actually 6% because more than half of your followers are bots or spam accounts.
Hence, rather than having a large number of fake and inactive followers in your account, it’s better to grow actual Twitter followers. And, remove ghost and fake Twitter followers.
Arif Akdogan
How to Spot Bot Twitter Followers
Tools like Circleboom Twitter can easily help you detect inactive and fake accounts on Twitter. This is the hardest part because they are good at hiding their identity. Luckily you have Circleboom!
Let’s look at the steps:
Step #1: Log in to Circleboom Twitter and connect your Twitter account if you haven't already.
You can easily register now if you don't have a Circleboom account.
Step #2: Then, hover on the Followers tab under the left menu.
You can select fake/spam, inactive, overactive, and eggheads from there, depending on the accounts you want to unfollow.
Step #3: You can also list all your followers and filter them out with many advanced Circleboom filters.
Let's say you'll go with fakes/spams and inactives.
Step #4: Once selected, Circleboom will list all the relevant accounts on your dashboard.
You can visit each account's Twitter profile and remove them there. You might also want to mute or block them. If you follow one of these spam account, you can unfollow them in the dashboard also.
Once you have these accounts before you, you can also choose to add them to your Twitter lists or export them into CSV, both without having to leave the platform.
To prevent unwanted unfollows, there is also a whitelist feature embedded into Circleboom. You can read more about “How to Whitelist My Twitter Followers.” You can also manage your Twitter lists with Circleboom.
Are You Ready to Remove Ghost Twitter Followers and Friends?
Circleboom Twitter makes it really easy for you to get rid of all inactive accounts and bots. The tool is a huge time-saver by automating the process and allowing you to quickly identify and remove fake accounts with just a few clicks.
This means you can spend more time engaging with real followers and creating content, rather than sorting through inactive profiles.
I hope the article above helps you clean your account and boost your Twitter engagement. By removing ghost followers and bots, you'll ensure your audience is more active, which can lead to better engagement and more meaningful interactions.
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