What Happened to TweetAdder?

TweetAdder was a desktop program that automated follows, unfollows, tweets and messages on Twitter. Twitter sued its maker in 2012, and the case settled in May 2013. The program kept selling as TweetAdder 4.0 for two more years. In April 2016 its own site said it was "no longer available, nor supported, due to an API cancellation by Twitter." Today tweetadder.com forwards to a web agency's about page.

Quick Answer: TweetAdder ended in two steps. A 2013 settlement with Twitter limited what it could do, and by April 2016 Twitter had cut off its API access, by TweetAdder's own notice. Its makers moved on to Follow Adder, an Instagram bot. We don't sell X services: none of our 16 platforms is X.

"Tweetadder" gets about 20 Google searches a month, by Google's Keyword Planner on October 23, 2026, and "followadder" about 210.

TweetAdder, by date

Date	What happened
March 24, 2009	The domain is registered
April 2012	Twitter sues TweetAdder and others
May 28, 2013	The settlement is announced
June 1, 2013	"Auto Twitter Follow" leaves its title
May 2, 2015	TweetAdder 4.0 still for sale
October 2015	The domain forwards to Follow Adder
April 14, 2016	"API cancellation by Twitter" notice
October 23, 2026	Forwards to a web agency

Verisign's registry record, the Internet Archive's copies of tweetadder.com, Twitter's blog as cited, SiliconANGLE and our server's check, October 23, 2026.

What did TweetAdder do?

It ran on your computer, with downloads for Windows, Mac and Linux, and it handled the busywork of growing a Twitter account. Its May 2013 page title listed "Auto Twitter Follow, Automate Unfollow, Mass Tweets, Twitter Search." It sold itself as "THE Ferrari of Twitter Marketing Software," built to "automatically grow your network and profit on autopilot," as that page put it.

Why did Twitter sue?

Twitter went after the tool makers in April 2012, in a blog post titled "Shutting down spammers." The tools it sued included "TweetAttacks, TweetAdder, and TweetBuddy," PCWorld reported. The case is listed as Twitter, Inc. v. Skootle Corp. et al., in federal court in Northern California. Twitter's post and the court papers keep our reader out, so we can't quote the complaint.

The settlement came about a year later. It "effectively bars TweetAdder from sending any more 'unsolicited commercial messages,'" SiliconANGLE reported on May 29, 2013, the day after it was announced. TweetAdder was also "no longer allowed to claim that using its services will prevent a user's account from being locked," the report said. TweetBuddy had already settled and "closed down its operations," by the same account.

What happened after the settlement?

TweetAdder kept selling, with a changed page. On June 1, 2013, "Auto Twitter Follow" had left its title, and "Auto Twitter Followback" stood in its place. The page now said "Uses Oauth and Twitter API!" as well.

By 2014 it sold "TweetAdder 4.0," a tool that "finds your followers and schedules your tweets and messages automatically." The archive shows that page into May 2015.

How did TweetAdder end?

With Twitter's API. In October 2015, tweetadder.com forwarded to followadder.com, an "Instagram bot to follow, post, and like." By May 2016 the TweetAdder page was back, with a notice dated April 14, 2016:

TweetAdder 4.0 software is currently no longer available, nor supported, due to an API cancellation by Twitter. They would not resolve the cancellation error, and simply left our requests for review unanswered.

The same notice sent readers to "our new sister site Followadder.com" for an "Automated Instagram Bot." Our Follow Adder page picks up that story. The notice is TweetAdder's own account, and we found nothing from Twitter about the cutoff.

Where does tweetadder.com go now?

To a web agency. On October 23, 2026, every version of the address forwarded to Skootle's about page. Skootle describes itself there as "one person building serious websites for serious local businesses," in Richmond, Virginia, and the page doesn't mention TweetAdder. The domain is registered through March 24, 2027.

Can you still automate follows on X?

Not under X's rules. Its developer guidelines say "No bulk, aggressive, or automated following," as we read them on October 23, 2026. Its help center, as Google showed it that day, says the rules prohibit "follow churn," the practice of "following and then unfollowing large numbers of accounts in an effort to inflate one's own follower count."

That's the core of what TweetAdder sold. Scheduling posts is a different matter, and X's own guidelines walk through what's allowed there.

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Frequently asked questions

What happened to TweetAdder?

Twitter sued in 2012 and the case settled in May 2013. TweetAdder sold a version 4.0 until Twitter cut off its API access, which its site reported on April 14, 2016.

Why did Twitter sue TweetAdder?

Twitter framed it as "Shutting down spammers." The settlement barred TweetAdder from unsolicited commercial messages and from claiming its tool kept accounts from being locked, by SiliconANGLE's report.

Is TweetAdder still working?

No. Its last notice said the software was "no longer available, nor supported," and tweetadder.com now forwards to a web agency's page.

What is Follow Adder?

TweetAdder's "sister site," in its own words: an Instagram automation tool at followadder.com that tweetadder.com forwarded to in 2015 and again from 2020.

Can you still automate follows on X?

X's developer guidelines say "No bulk, aggressive, or automated following," and its rules ban follow churn.

What's a TweetAdder alternative?

For X, nothing that automates following fits X's rules. We don't sell X services: none of our 16 platforms is X.

Sources

• tweetadder.com and Verisign's registry record, checked from our server on October 23, 2026, and Skootle's about page, read the same day
• tweetadder.com as the Internet Archive saved it (May 1 and June 1, 2013; May 2, 2014; May 2 and October 6, 2015; May 2, 2016) and its capture list, read October 23, 2026
• SiliconANGLE, "Twitter Shoots Down TweetAdder In War On Spam," May 29, 2013
• Twitter's blog, "Shutting down spammers," April 2012, as cited and as Google showed it, PCWorld, and Justia's listing of Twitter, Inc. v. Skootle Corp. et al., as Google showed them on October 23, 2026
• X's developer guidelines, read October 23, 2026, and X's help center as Google showed it that day
• Hclout's service list, read October 23, 2026, and Google Ads Keyword Planner, October 23, 2026