Yet another new app that taps into Twitter, the hugely popular micro-blogging platform, is out, this time the only purpose of the app is to increase the number of your followers. All this sounds good, you say? Not so.

Tweeter Getter claims that simply by tweeting a message generated by the site that you will automatically start following the six people in front of you in the ‘system’ and those who follow the generated link will follow you. This is supposed to cascade down as more follow the link - kind of like a pyramid scheme, only obviously with no financial investment.

All good so far, only is it? Who exactly is it that you are following and who is following you? I’ve been on Twitter for a few months now and have really enjoyed the community that I’ve found there. This is mainly because the people I’m following were selected as I found they have something of interest to say - or in some cases are simply funny and make me smile. Why then would I want to indiscriminately follow and be followed by random people who’s only interest is in gaining as many followers as possible - as if the sheer number of followers led to some some mystical knowledge. That is of course if the scheme were to actually work - pyramid schemes are illegal because only a very small number at the top of the pyramid are set to gain.

There is a lot of similar opinion out there and even some that praise the site. For me? Simply wrong.

What others are saying:

• Tweeter Getter - Pyramid Scheme for Twitter
• Is TweeterGetter the Devil?
• TweeterGetter the First 48 Hours and Beyond
• Tweeter Getter = FAIL
• Controversy Rages: 1 Click Tweets And Viral Getters