Good tool or spam?

[Justin Hart]

I have a tool developed for the #TCOT community which will allow a
user to follow everyone on that list in batches of 25.

Is this kosher or does this run up against the Twitter TOS?

Here's the tool:
http://tweetforchuck.com/tcot/

[Matt Sanford]

Hi Justin,

    Any sort of automated following runs a risk of having users suspended as suspected spammers [1]. My suggestion would be to approach the lack of groups in some other way.

Thanks;

  — Matt Sanford

[1] - http://help.twitter.com/forums/26257/entries/18311

[Chad Etzel]

I have seen that there is a #tcot directory somewhere (not sure how
all-inclusive it is). I would suggest having people browse through
there and choosing who they want to follow personally.

Also since most tcot-ers religiously use the #tcot hashtag, there are
many tools to keep up with such hashtag groups in near real-time. I
know several who use my service, for example. Several of those
services (mine included) give the option of following somebody right
from the page, making it easier to follow people with similar
interests/views.

Disclaimer: my response on this topic does not necessarily reflect my
political views, nor does it imply if they are for, against, or
indifferent to those expressed by #tcot. That's for me to know, and
you to find out :)

-Chad