{"id":5288,"date":"2012-08-06T16:23:06","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T16:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/?p=5288"},"modified":"2012-08-07T11:37:59","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T11:37:59","slug":"follow-twitter-users-automatically-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2slick.com\/web\/follow-twitter-users-automatically-for-free\/affordablewebsitestips\/tutorials","title":{"rendered":"Follow Twitter Users Automatically For Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are a lot of 'twitter auto follow' programs out there, but most of them aren't free. Using a free keyboard macro program called \u00a0'AutoHotKey<\/a>' \u00a0you can easily follow people on twitter for free. A keyboard macro program is a \u00a0program that allows you to build scripts for your\u00a0keyboard\u00a0commands. A Twitter account and a default\u00a0installation\u00a0of AutoHotKey is required to complete this tutorial.<\/p>\n

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  1. Click on the Windows start menu button and select the program 'AutoHotkey'.
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  2. If you see this message:
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    \nClick 'Yes'.<\/li>\n
  3. A Notepad will open with a bunch of sample script text in it. Just delete the contents of the sample script, we don't need it.<\/li>\n
  4. In the notepad enter the text:
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     Javascript | <\/td><\/td> copy code |<\/td>?<\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
    1<\/td>
    #space::<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
    2<\/td>
    Loop 1000000<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
    3<\/td>
    {<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
    4<\/td>
    Send {<\/span>LButton}<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
    5<\/td>
    Send {<\/span>Down}<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
    6<\/td>
    Sleep 2000<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr>
    7<\/td>
    }<\/span><\/pre><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div><\/pre><\/li>\n
  5. Click 'File' then select the 'Save As...' option.
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  6. Save the file to your Desktop as 'AutoFollowTwitter.ahk'.<\/li>\n
  7. Close the Notepad file.<\/li>\n
  8. Go to your Windows Systems Tray and close any\u00a0instances\u00a0of 'AutoHotKey' that may be running.
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  9. Double click the file we saved to the desktop called 'AutoFollowTwitter.ahk'. How we have our script running in the background waiting to be activated.<\/li>\n
  10. Open a browser window and sign into your Twitter account at Twitter.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  11. In the 'Search' field, type in the a topics to find Twitter followers or a certain interest. For example, if you blog about Libertarianism, enter that in the search field and Twitter accounts about Libertarianism will come up.<\/li>\n
  12. Click on the 'People' link in the top left of the screen.
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  13. You will notice that a list of 'Follow' buttons appear waiting to be clicked muhuhaha!....<\/li>\n
  14. Place your cursor on the top 'Follow' button.
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  15. Press the 'space-bar' while pressing the 'Windows key' and release to activate the 'AutoFollowTwitter.ahk' script. Notice how the cursor automatically scrolls down the page automatically clicking the follow button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    The page will automaticall scroll down, and the cursor will click on all of the the 'Follow' buttons. Here are some important rules and the limitations Twitter has<\/a>\u00a0regarding how many Twitter accounts you can follow per day, etc....<\/p>\n
    To stop your AutoHotKey script you need to click the icon in the 'Systems Tray' and exit the script as shown in step 8.<\/p>\n
    Here's the 'Free Auto Follow Twitter Script' in action<\/h3>\n