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at May 20, 2009 10:41 by flyingmachine
Initial Code 
require 'twitter'
# Check out the twitter gem docs for using oauth
httpauth = Twitter::HTTPAuth.new("username", "password")
base = Twitter::Base.new(httpauth)
to_follow_ids = base.follower_ids - base.friend_ids
unavailable_count = 0
to_follow_ids.each do |tfid|
  begin
    base.friendship_create(tfid, true)
  rescue Twitter::General
    # Twitter::General is raised for 403 errors
    # Which occur when you're trying to follow someone who's been banned by twitter
    base.block(tfid)
  rescue Twitter::Unavailable 
    # Wait and try again if twitter's telling you to wait
    sleep 5
    if unavailable_count < 3
      retry
      unavailable_count += 1
    end
  end
end
Initial URL 
http://www.flyingmachinestudios.com/2009/05/20/follow-your-followers-using-ruby/
Initial Description 

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

                                        Initial Title
                                        

                                    

                                    
Follow your followers in Ruby

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

                                        Initial Tags
                                        

                                    

                                    
ruby, twitter

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

                                        Initial Language
                                        

                                    

                                    
Ruby