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Dead Accounts in Your Following List: Grok Bot Checked Every One and Built a Page Listing Who to Unfollow

  • Level Beginner
  • Setup~30 min (estimated)
  • Evidence Anecdotal
  • CostNot stated in source
  • No-codeYes
Grok BotSource-linkedBeginner-friendly

What they did

He asked Grok Bot to find every account he follows that's no longer active. It checked them all, confirmed which ones were dead, and built a simple page listing the accounts he should unfollow.

How it went

A page listing his inactive followed accounts, ready for a cleanup.

Worth knowing

  • X post by @josephweb3 (Oct 26, 2026 Denver time): Grok Bot checked all the accounts he follows, verified which were no longer active, and made a page listing the ones to unfollow; he shared his prompt in the replies.
  • "Inactive" isn't the same as "unimportant"; skim the list before unfollowing (see #504).

Prompt

Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.

Check every account I follow on X (@[handle]). Flag accounts that look dead: no posts in [6] months, suspended or deactivated. Put them on a simple page with the handle, last post date and a link, sorted by how long they've been inactive. Don't unfollow anyone; I'll go through the list.

Recommended

Try it in Grok Bot

  1. Copy the prompt (button below).
  2. Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
  3. Connect the listed tools (as needed) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
  4. If the task repeats, ask: "Make this a daily routine."

Alternatives: the same prompt works in Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.

Set it up

Stack: Grok Bot + X account + Pages

  1. Read the original source for full context.
  2. Connect the tools your agent needs.
  3. Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
  4. Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.

Generic suggested steps, not from the source.

Evidence

X post by @josephweb3 (Oct 26, 2026 Denver time): Grok Bot checked all the accounts he follows, verified which were no longer active, and made a page listing the ones to unfollow; he shared his prompt in the replies. "Inactive" isn't the same as "unimportant"; skim the list before unfollowing (see #504)

Source: X · 2026-10-26 · Verified by us: not yet · Report broken or outdated

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