The Twitter devs vetoed that idea back in 2009 -- too much spam potential. Here's my 5-minute effort anyway:
http://www.wmorgan.net/lw_twitter.html
I don't have a Twitter account so the page isn't tested, but it looks like it works -- give it a second to load, though.
Edit: The following JavaScript will turn all Twitter links on this page into follow links. Couldn't figure out how to make a bookmarklet in markdown:
jQuery('a[href*="twitter.com"]')
.addClass("twitter-follow-button");
jQuery(document.createElement("script"))
.attr({"id": "twitter-wjs", "src": "//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"})
.appendTo("head");
There is, sort of. You can create a list of people, and then other people can follow that list as a group. If people are added to the list later, you'll end up following them as well.
So, you could create a global LW list and various local LW lists, if you wanted.
https://twitter.com/capsmac is my twitter account. I've made a twitter list of lesswrong members from the upper list, updated October 14, 2012
If you have python you can run the following script which will subscribe your account to the aforementioned users: https://github.com/afiodorov/mass_twitter_follow
Great idea! Tagging this community or networking or something might be useful.
I've added a link to this post from my LWer blogs list. Mind reciprocating? :)
List of members of Less Wrong who are on Twitter:
Twitter accounts by people who aren't really "LWers" but recommended for LWers anyway:
If I missed anyone in either category, let me know. I'll keep this updated.
Last update: May 18, 2015.