Answer the follow-back question without sharing your login
Choose a guide by task: prepare the file, understand current relationships, or compare changes over time. These are separate questions and need separate data interpretations.
Start with file preparation if the two lists are not ready. Then choose mutual, outgoing-only, or incoming-only guidance. Use history pages only when a baseline exists.
Followers-file and following-file instructions now live together because a follow-back check requires both. Added and lost follower pages were removed when they drifted away from the current one-way relationship task.
Prepare both lists
Request a focused export from Accounts Center with Followers and following selected.
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Choose JSON when a tool needs to read structured follower and following records.
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Diagnose format, missing-file, corruption, size, encryption, and browser-support errors in a safe order.
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Compare the current following list against the current followers list.
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Followers are accounts that follow you; following are accounts you chose to follow.
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Find the intersection of followers and following.
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Distinguish current non-followers from confirmed changes between two follower snapshots.
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Use a file exported by the account owner instead of connecting live account credentials.
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Minimize the archive before analysis and understand exactly where processing occurs.
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