Tuesday Tech Tools: 26 Twitter Tools
/Botometer
Checks the activity of a Twitter account and gives it a score based on how likely the account is to be a bot. A high score suggests the account is probably automated. Accounts rated above 48% are flagged as potential bots—anything over 60% rates as a “likely” bot. It's a free product out of Indiana University.
DeBot
Like the Botometer, this is a bot detection system for Twitter accounts. The information is archived so it can be searched. It's free tool from the University of New Mexico.
Folier.me
Insights into any public Twitter profile. Free.
FollowerWonk
Find people to follow on Twitter through search, shows you when your Twitter follower are online so you can plan accordingly. Analysis by region. Reports can take a while to build. Free but more metrics with a paid account.
Glisser
Glisser "makes presentations social" by making slides sharableto audience phones and laptops. Live polling, Twitter feeds and other audience interaction. Free but a paid subscription offers more options.
Hashtagify
Search for trending hashtags that will be most relevant to your audience. Free trial. $9.99 a month.
Kurrently
Search engine for Facebook and Twitter.
Lapse It
A time lapse video capture apps. Up to 1080p on the Pro version. Free or $3.99 for the Pro version.
Make Adverbs Great Again
Helps Twitter users determine if an account is a bot. Offers a rating of 1-10 as to whether an account is likely to be an artificial troll. Free.
Mapbox
This Photoshop for maps—and just as difficult to learn. However, it has some of the most powerful style editing of any map maker. Not for beginners. Instead of using Google Maps, Mapbox uses Open Street Maps. An impressive example of how Vox has used it here. There is a free version with paid accounts starting at $50.
Ninja Outreach
Automated social media outreach to find influencers.
Plume
App for Twitter users. Customizable options. Free for Android, $3 for iOS.
Proporti.oni
Can give you a gender breakdown of your followers and the people you are following, categorizing them as male, female, nonbinary or unknown.
SocialBro*
Helps businesses manage and monitor their Twitter accounts, discover key influencers, schedule Tweets at the best times, track engagement, and analyze competitors. Free Trial with pricing starting at $13.95. Video explanation.
Tweet Beep
Get email alerts whenever somebody tweets about something you're interested in--even keep track of who’s tweeting your website or blog, even if they use a shortened URL. Free account available or paid account at $20 a month for more options. Video explanation here.
Tweet Chart
Allows you to generate a report of custom data for anything you can search Twitter for: hashtags, words, phrases, usernames or URLs. A reporter could determine which hastags were used most frequently in the past week, deciding to, for instance, report on a recent crime spree or a particular local event. Free.
Tweetbot
Mac app with customizable options. View threads showing co-worker tweets only, for example or retweet from multiple accounts. $3.
TweetDeck*
Look at multiple Twitter feeds on your desktop. Powerful filters help you focus on what interests you. Schedule Tweets, set up notification alerts for new tweets. Option to have it ask for confirmation before a tweet goes out--giving you another chance to avoid sending something inappropriate or not well-crafted. Bought by Twitter in 2011.
Tweepi
Cleans up your Tweeter feed--removing inactive followers in bulk and offers other Twitter management chores. From $7.49 a month.
Twellow
A directory of Twitter users. Lets you search for people based on their name and the information they put into their bios. Find people with similar interests to follow.
Twitonomy
Detailed and visual analytics on anyone's tweets, retweets, replies, mentions, hashtags. Easily backup and export tweets, retweets, etc. Monitor particular user tweets. Find out those you follow but don't follow you back. Download your followers and following lists to Excel. Free trial. Paid accounts start at $19 a month.
TwitterBioGenerator
A canned description of you is a mere click away!
Twitter Lists
Tweet list manager (similar to TweetDeck)
Twitter moments
Bundled experiences of Twitter content.
Twitter Search
The search engine for Twitter. See what people are saying about your competitors by to:competitor replacing competitor with Twitter handle.
TwXplorer
Explore what’s trending on Twitter. Filter for the 500 most recent uses of a word (or phrase). The app will list of users tweeting about that phrase and hashtags being used in relation to that word or phrase. A product of Northwestern University’s Knight Lab. Free.