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I suspect many people will be silently thanking Andrew Parker for Twittersnooze.

It’s a simple way to unfollow someone for a defined temporary period between 1 and 30 days. Perfect, for example, if a colleague is off to a swanky foreign conference, and you’re stuck back in the office. Or if you just need a break.

There’s only one flaw, which is due to the Twitter API – you’re effectively automatically unfollowing, and refollowing again, which means the target of your snoozing will get an email when you resume following them. But aside from the potential issues around explaining why you’ve snoozed the same person three times in one week, it’s a really simple and effective solution to friend fatigue…