A tiny GUI-automation script for following accounts on Twitter

twitter-follow-clicker.js

/**
Why?:
This script is useful for following a large list of accounts straight from your browser.
There are many reasons to use this... Maybe you want to follow everyone in a community but you
can't be bothered to click on all those buttons... Maybe you want to follow all these accounts
in the hopes that they'll follow you back, giving you lots of free followers for doing nothing

How:
1. Navigate to a twitter page with multiple [Follow] buttons visible...
  - Scrolling to the bottom of a page may list more... Do this for maximum efficiency
2. Open your browser's command prompt
  - Chrome: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/console/
  - Firefox: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Web_Console/Opening_the_Web_Console
3. Paste the script below into the line and run

*/
var targetUsers = [...document
  .getElementsByClassName('EdgeButton EdgeButton--secondary EdgeButton--small button-text follow-text')]
  .filter(button => button.innerText.startsWith('Follow\nFollow'))
for (var i = 0; i < targetUsers.length; i++) {
  let button = targetUsers[i]
  // Twitter will get mad if you spam this... Clicking buttons on a 1-second cooldown
  setTimeout(() => {
    button.click()
  }, 1000 * i)
}

howdy sir - i tried your snippet but it did not work for me. here is a quick revision using a portion of your code. thanks!

//define our button 
 but = $$('[data-testid*="-follow"]')

// uncomment and run below line -only- for what i like to call yolo mode 
// for (i in but) {but[i].click()}
// the above line will click all detected "follow" buttons at once so use with caution or whatever

// for the timid, the below will sanely click one follow button per 1000ms and isnt as fun
for (var i = 0; i < but.length; i++) {
  let button = but[i]
  setTimeout(() => {
    button.click()
  }, 1000 * i)
}; 

@architekco What?? 😄

@architekco What?? 😄

sorry 😂your snippet didnt work for me so i just rejiggled it a bit and posted my revision/version. i will add some additional comments for clarification

@architekco Sounds good to me! I wasn’t planning on this being a living document, but the logic could/will break any time they do a UI overhaul.

Appreciate the contribution, and best of luck “stimulating growth” 😂