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Can YOU Be Trusted Not To Overuse Automation Tools?

by Andyhenry
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Hi Warriors,

I've been thinking about some of the recent Twitter tools for getting 'masses' of followers etc.

Now, I really like Twitter and have done very well in many respects from using it, so I have no problem with Twitter itself - but when I realised it was useful to have several accounts for effective use and sometimes I just want to follow the followers of someone interesting in a new niche so that I can get a feel for who's worth keeping before I start pruning them off again, I got a tool made for my own use to manage such things.

Since then, I've seen a lot of people releasing scripts for trying to get lots of followers.

Many of them are getting peoples accounts banned (not surprisingly) but since I had my tool coded to stay within Twitters limits (so I couldn't accidentally overstep the mark and get my own account banned) I don't have that problem.

A few people asked me if they could use my tool and I let them, but pretty quickly they started saying I should sell it to people wanting to get lots of followers.

This caused me a bit of an issue because, while I'm open to making money by sharing something that I paid good money to have created, I don't want to take the limits off the tool - which is what I'm guessing people wanting mass followers would want.

So, there are a couple of angles to this really:

1 - I wasn't intending to sell it so I like it the way it is.

2 - If there really are people who also want this type of app can they be trusted to use it properly?

The last thing I want is to give people something they can abuse and get their Twitter account in trouble, so I'd rather not sell it if that would be the case.

I am trying to raise money to help some people right now so I am leaning towards wanting to offer it to people, but I hate spammy tools and I don't know if people can be trusted with this type of tool. It's so easy to overuse because it's just a few clicks of a mouse, when you do things manually you're more likely to be sensible.

So - I can't make my mind up - should I just keep it to myself or just let people have it but not feel bad if they decide to abuse it?

Andy
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
    Andy, the answer is really very simple and right in front of you.

    If you don't take the limits off the tool, people won't want it. At least they
    won't pay for it.

    If you DO take the limits off, they'll abuse it. This is inevitable.

    Based on that, I think you know what to do.
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    • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
      Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

      Andy, the answer is really very simple and right in front of you.

      If you don't take the limits off the tool, people won't want it. At least they
      won't pay for it.

      If you DO take the limits off, they'll abuse it. This is inevitable.

      Based on that, I think you know what to do.
      That makes it simple - I can just keep the limits on and give it away

      I like that better..

      Andy
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        • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
          Originally Posted by TMG Enterprises View Post

          Putting in the charitable aspect may help with sales, too, particularly if it's a fairly low cost item.

          Tina G
          To be honest, although I think it may help, I'm not inclined to mention the charity side of it when selling things. Don't ask me why but I just don't feel right telling people about the details when selling something as I know many people will assume it's false and I don't feel good having my intentions questioned in that way.

          Maybe I'm wrong but it's the way I feel.

          Andy
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          • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
            Originally Posted by Andyhenry View Post

            To be honest, although I think it may help, I'm not inclined to mention the charity side of it when selling things. Don't ask me why but I just don't feel right telling people about the details when selling something as I know many people will assume it's false and I don't feel good having my intentions questioned in that way.

            Maybe I'm wrong but it's the way I feel.

            Andy
            Andy, unfortunately, you're dead on right. Most people, when they see
            things being sold and there is something mentioned that it's for some
            charitable cause, especially in the MMO niche, immediately think scam.

            It's sad, but it's the way things are.
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Hancox
    Hey Andy

    I look at the limit as a BENEFIT. "Most autofollow tools incur a high risk of getting your account banned, but because my tool limits this, you're much more likely to 'slip under the radar' of Twitter".... you get the point

    I'm in a similar situation, in that I just created a viral Twitter tool (because I was sick of those viral Twitter tools that ask for my Twitter password - NO! they can't have it!), and was in two minds about what to do with it. I decided to create a free version, which could be upgraded to a paid version.

    Personally, I think you should sell it, and explain WHY it has the limit, and why it is a BENEFIT (in that it's highly unlikely to get your account banned).

    I think you already know this, you smart marketer you

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  • Profile picture of the author JayXtreme
    Keep the limits ON.

    My reason?:

    People ONLY need a twitter tool to help them if they still have their twitter account, there's no sense in having a tool that will eventually get you booted from there.

    Sell the tool as you intended to use it Andy.... that's what we do, we only sell things in the way we use them here... products, guides, courses, blueprints, software... if we use it, we sell it in the same state as we use it.

    Just my opinion...free, and worth every penny

    Peace

    Jay
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    Thanks guys.

    It sounds so simple when other people say it
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Carl Kelly
    Andy:

    I was, and you probably were too, raised with the concept of "personal responsibility". This is something that I find severely lacking in many people these days.
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