Comments on: The Great Social Media Debate : Scheduling Tweets, Good or Bad

By: Nixie

Nixie — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:08:56 +0000

I agree with most of the comments already expressed above. I used to overwhelm followers by retweeting links as soon as I read something. Now I schedule out great tweets every hour, around the clock. However I don’t limit my engagement to scheduled tweets. I tweet random thoughts, respond to links, share content I find through the day. That’s true for the business accounts I manage as well as my personal account. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
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By: There’s Nothing Wrong With Scheduling Tweets | Twitterrati

There’s Nothing Wrong With Scheduling Tweets | Twitterrati — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:32:06 +0000

[...] seems to be a debate raging about whether scheduling tweets is a bad thing. After all, Twitter is a real-time service so the idea of scheduling tweets may [...]

By: francis

francis — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:10:37 +0000

I think it depends on the person. If you are addicted you have no choice but to schedule yourself. But if you are self control, you don’t need to schedule when you can tweet.
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By: Gautam

Gautam — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:40:59 +0000

Yes, we need to be smart about. Scheduling tweets at a regular basis is not a sin until interaction is lost in the process.

Don’t overdo it and use it to save time for interaction. These are some of the points i have gained from this dsicussion
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By: RayBeckerman

RayBeckerman — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:40:26 +0000

Thanks, Gautam. .-= RayBeckerman´s last blog ..How to configure UberTwitter for traditional retweets =-.

By: Karen @ Blazing Minds

Karen @ Blazing Minds — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:38:29 +0000

I have to admit, I am guilty of scheduling tweets, but usually when I have a lot to tweet such as on FollowFriday, instead of blasting my Twitter with one after another in short succession, I will spread them out over the day, which looks a lot better
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By: Gautam

Gautam — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:10:31 +0000

Yes, you have captured them really well, love to see that you pause ad cancel tweets if you are not ready to interact. That is a really good gesture and a great way to show respect to your followers (you care for them). .-= Gautam´s last blog ..You Can’t Do Everything…. If You Want Everything Done Right! =-.

By: Gautam

Gautam — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:01:33 +0000

I do the same, I first schedule tweets, so i buy some time to engage with my followers and share information

By: Daz

Daz — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:37:24 +0000

Good points in the post and equally great points in the comments. This has come at a good time for us as we are about to start scheduling tweets to increase the readership of our blog. I think there comes a cross over point when your readers assume the role of the tweet scheduler by retweeting your content. I say that with fingers and legs crossed in hope, that is our aim at least, to use scheduling as a self deprecating tool.

By: Kathryn Gorges

Kathryn Gorges — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:37:32 +0000

I think it depends on the purpose of the tweet — there are some things I want to share with different groups of people in different time zones and I can’t live on twitter — so I schedule — most for business events and information. I don’t schedule quotes or links to my blog or facebook or any of that — seems to me that is best done organically.

However, although I have a large following on my personal id @kagorges I find it increasingly difficult to find anyone who is actually there behind the tweet ) Twitter seems to be heading towards an announcement and news source primarily, and only occasional conversations… anyone else have that experience?
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By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:35:13 +0000

I do the majority of my news-scouring in the morning right when I get into work, so that’s when I come across a large amount of the content I feel compelled to share. Since I don’t want to flood my followers’ timelines with rapid fire updates, I schedule them throughout the day.

I’m glad you brought up the point about how scheduling tweets can decrease interaction, because I think that’s important to consider. I have TweetDeck up all day long, and I get a pop-up notification on my computer screen whenever I get an @ reply. This allows me to respond almost immediately.

In the end, I think as long as you are smart about it and are using Twitter for the right reasons, scheduling tweets can be both efficient and authentic.
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By: Ray Beckerman

Ray Beckerman — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:30:56 +0000

I don’t think it should be done unless (a) you’ve personally prepared and carefully considered each tweet and (b) you’re at the computer (or other interface) & are ready to engage in conversation. No one wants to feel they’re reading things that were sent to them by a bot.

Because I tweet a high volume, I use it sometimes to space the tweets out a little. But I pause them or cancel them if I’m not going to be on line, ready to interact.

Good article; I think you’ve captured the pros and cons.
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By: Making Money via Twitter | Ethical or Not? | Blog Godown

Making Money via Twitter | Ethical or Not? | Blog Godown — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:45:29 +0000

[...] the huge success of the previous social media debate on scheduling tweets, I have decided to make it a regular feature. These posts will act as forums to discuss issues that [...]

By: Why I won’t follow everyone on Twitter | Blog Godown

Why I won’t follow everyone on Twitter | Blog Godown — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:57:55 +0000

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Link Roundup on TBE – What I’m Reading 3/23/10 — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:36:38 +0000

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By: SusanLorelei

SusanLorelei — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:16:54 +0000

Just think how wonderful twitter would be if everyone schedule API tweets. Wow, we could log on and read blip after blip of someone’s soapbox tweets! Uggg …. hate them … IMO

By: Kiesha @ WeBlogBetter

Kiesha @ WeBlogBetter — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:20:19 +0000

In the wrong hands, yes scheduling tweets can be a bad thing. But scheduling allows you to extend the life of your friend’s tweets/posts. It allows you to share content with a different group and helps you spread out your tweets so you don’t flood the stream with back to back tweets.
But this doesn’t mean you should schedule and leave, I schedule tweets, but I’m still present to engage and converse with others.
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By: Gautam

Gautam — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:01:12 +0000

I had faced the same problems. I schedule tweets because i am not cluttering my followers' timelines. Scheduling helps maintain a constant frequency which decreases the annoyance factor .-= Gautam´s last blog ..Mixing the Right Ingredients =-.

By: Gautam

Gautam — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:57:42 +0000

I use scheduling for marketing purposes as i am not available all the time and scheduling makes my job simpler. I think it is a person's choice to use or abuse. Anything on the world can be abused, it all depends on the person using it. .-= Gautam´s last blog ..Top 5 Drupal Secrets =-.

By: Gautam

Gautam — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:53:21 +0000

Glen, you are master at scheduling and tweeting super useful content. In my opinion scheduling at regular intervals increases the visibility of the tweet and hence there are chances of more people noticing your tweets than if you wouldn’t have used the schedule button.

By: Gautam

Gautam — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:49:28 +0000

If it doesn’t bother people, then scheduling is good and like you said it can be used to send useful stuff like jokes. obviously, excess of everything is bad.

Friendfeed has that problem of publishing in batches like google buzz publishes twitter updates in batches. It can be really annoying and something must be done to fix these problems
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By: Gautam

Gautam — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:39:36 +0000

I like the way you schedule the tweets you find useful first and then converse when see a conversation starting.

I think tweeting useful content is your responsibility and you need to maintain even if you are busy and that is why scheduling has been developed for twitter
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By: Gautam

Gautam — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:35:56 +0000

It may be used rarely by you, but a lot of businesses are using scheduled tweets to send updates .-= Gautam´s last blog ..Creating Top Quality Blog Reader Relationships =-.

By: Gautam

Gautam — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:30:28 +0000

publishing latest news from blogs is not scheduled but just some bots automatically tweeting. It is good to use feeds, but if it is done in moderation.

The ones you are focusing on are the spam bots that automatically retweet when they find a particular keyword. I agree, they are really annoying and normally block them too.

By: Gautam

Gautam — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:23:20 +0000

Yes scheduling is for businesses, ones who want to constantly update readers with the latest happenings. And conversations are for the individual. So, scheduling can be used for marketing purposes.