wow! Sounds great! But api seems to have some restrictions too or not?(about IP)
Yeah i know what means ratio - but i don't want to restrict my search results because its not important for me how many people user follows back, so it have to be optional or have 'any' value.
The Twitter API actually gives more than necessary back to its developers, 350 API requests an hour per account is a lot, let me break it down to you...
if we were to only be following people who have high follow back rates, in a 24 hour period we could gain up to around 500 followers, while following around 700, that's a very good turn around result. if we didn't use an API we would be restricted by the speed of our proxys, also using a large number of proxys is slower than using the API, the API communicated DIRECTLY with Twitter.
Imagine this...
Your computer <-------------------------> Twitter API
There's no browser, no pictures, minimum loading times, results are instant.
Proxys / Non API based systems
Your computer opens a hidden browser within the program <---------> connects to Proxy <-------> connects to Twitter
Loading times can be very slow depending on the proxy, and if your operating a large number of accounts, the last thing you need is slow, and even worse is some accounts wont even connect to the public proxys you find. Then you end up spending even more money on quality proxys