Comments on: Why You Shouldn’t Schedule Your Blog Post Tweets

By: Chris @ TheKeenanCookbook

Chris @ TheKeenanCookbook — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:20:16 +0000

I agree, but am 40% against scheduling and 60% for. I really think it depends on what you are scheduling.

Re this article (http://searchengineland.com/why-second-chance-tweets-matter-after-3-hours-few-care-about-socially-shared-links-92125) benefits to be had by scheduling your tweet later in the day, especially if you wont have access to twitter then.

So I think its moderation and how you use it. Just my 2 cents 🙂

By: Traci Browne

Traci Browne — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:50:46 +0000

Thank you for spreading this word. I find scheduled tweets to be very annoying. I find them most annoying when people use a chat hashtag to reach their “target” audience during a chat. Fine, use it all week…have at it. But when your scheduled tweets are going out during the middle of a chat (interrupting the audience you are trying to attract) it’s the equivalent of constantly sticking your head in the door during a board meeting with irrelevant factoids.

By: gretchen

gretchen — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:43:09 +0000

very smart. i just “unscheduled” mine today. as a new blogger, sometimes the common sense stuff is overlooked in the massive information overload of getting everything set up. thanks for the perspective!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 04 May 2011 01:48:39 +0000

Eh, I heard about it. Thought about it, then moved on. I don’t like to dwell on the news, so I got kind of tired of all the tweets about him, very quickly. I was probably on, posting non-Osama tweets at that time. Life goes on…

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 04 May 2011 01:22:06 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I noticed that very thing and am glad you posted about. What’s more is that those pre-set tweets seem so mechanical. I appreciate the tweets coming from a person, not a computer.

By: Web Designer

Web Designer — Tue, 03 May 2011 23:02:47 +0000

Nice, you do have a valid point, i guess for some people its all about saving time and being efficient. Having to post only once and having the post spread across all your advertising mediums is nice and too tempting, but I can definitely see your point.

By: Steve @ HPD

Steve @ HPD — Tue, 03 May 2011 22:40:13 +0000

i dunnoh … i think folks realize that some tweets are possibly scheduled. i haven’t found anyone who demands the same level of personal adherence to social decorum in electronic communications as in face to face. sort of like … not capitalizing, ya know? in a quick comment, no harm, no foul. but in an actual blog post, not quite as acceptable.

then again … i know folks who won’t read a foodie blog if the host fails to use the correct degree symbol, eg 350° F. also got into a long discussion about why “preheat” is incorrect, since you’re just heating your oven. (Preheating, he says, would be the stuff you do before you heat it, like put the racks in the right place.)

one thing i’ve learned living overseas for half my life: no two people, not even twins who have spent every second together, have the same idea of what’s “right” and what’s not.

cheers!

By: Les in NE

Les in NE — Tue, 03 May 2011 22:25:01 +0000

So, who knew you could schedule Tweets? I’m such a Luddite.