by popey on 1/23/25, 10:13 AM with 0 comments
I didn't want to pay for API access just for this. So I wrote a Python "bot" that uses Selenium to act like a human, clicking the "remove follower" button. I was (mildly) surprised how easy it is to make something that can fake being a human on Twitter. It has delays to reduce the likelihood it will trigger anti-bot detection on their end.
I left it running overnight on a spare laptop, and my follower count went from 16K to 8K. So in theory, it'll hit zero tomorrow if I leave it running.
No doubt it might break at some point, but it works for now. YMMV