Auto-following is enabled by default? How to disable?

Why do I auto-follow some new followers and not all? I would rather not auto-follow anyone! I never asked to auto-follow people. Now with the spammers this is getting especially annoying. How to disable?

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mdy replied on May 06, 2008 09:01

Auto-follow isn't enabled by default. Twitter users have to request it via the Twitter help form. If you believe Twitter has turned auto-follow on for your account, you can use the same form to request that they disable it.

But since your account is auto-following and you haven't asked Twitter to enable auto-follow, I can only guess that it's a third-party service that's doing this.

For example, if you use SocialToo.com, it will automatically follow back anyone who follows you on Twitter as long as they're not on your Socialtoo blacklist.

Similarly, the TweetLater.com service can auto-follow anyone who follows you if your settings ask it to do so.

If you can't remember all the third-party services you've tried, but would like to be sure that no third-party app can auto-follow on your behalf, I suggest changing your Twitter password.

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artistVictoriaC commented on May 06, 2008 22:17

Okay I did as you suggested, and I'll come back and let you know if it solves the problem. Really good idea, thanks!