Told to Unfollow Inactive Accounts, Grok Bot Dropped People He Talks to All the Time: A Social Cleanup Warning (Cautionary)
- Level Beginner
- Setup~30 min (estimated)
- Evidence Some evidence
- CostNot stated in source
- No-codeYes
What they did
Should a bot clean up who you follow? He asked Grok Bot to unfollow X accounts he hadn't interacted with in the past year, so he'd see more from people he actually talks to. It got several wrong, including people he talks to all the time, and he had to post an apology asking anyone affected to tell him so he could follow them back.
How it went
A review list first, so only the accounts you pick get unfollowed.
Worth knowing
- One user's X post (about 31K views). 'No interaction' is hard for a bot to judge from what it can see, so always review the list before anything is removed.
Prompt
Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.
Make me a list of accounts I follow on X that I haven't liked, replied to, quoted or messaged in the past [12] months. For each, show the last time we interacted, if ever. Put anyone I've messaged or mentioned recently in a separate 'keep' list. Don't unfollow anyone. I'll review the list and tell you which to remove, then you do only those.
Recommended
Try it in Grok Bot
- Copy the prompt (button below).
- Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
- Connect the listed tools (as needed) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
- 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
- Read the original source for full context.
- Connect the tools your agent needs.
- Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
- Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.
Generic suggested steps, not from the source.
Evidence
First-hand X post apologizing for the bot's wrong unfollows
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