Check Twitter users for spam with this tool

To get the most out of Twitter you need to follow people who are going to tweet about things that interest you and with whom you can interact. The problem is that there are thousands of twitter users around simply using their accounts to push out marketing links or who are just cleverly designed bots created to look like legitimate users.

One way to avoid following fake accounts and clogging up your news stream is with Twerpscan, a site devoted to investigating users and judging whether or not they are spam. Just type in a username and it will give you a full drill down of the user’s activity and wider online identity.

The results are split down into percentages telling you how much the user retweets, uses links and replies to others. On top of that you can see how quickly the user is accruing followers and Twerpscan will warn you if it thinks there is anything suspicious about the account (Stephen Fry, for instance, is adding new friends at an alarming rate).

You can also see the past 20 tweets and any other sites the user maintains online, all of which means you can decide at a glance if your newest follower is friend or foe.

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