There are a growing number of ways to use Twitter but one area that hasn’t got a lot of attention is the adminstrative features.
TweetManager steps into the fray with an interesting tool that comes with a variety of ways to automate your Twitter account. It features ways to:
1. Automatically follow people who based on selected keywords.
2. Send direct messages to as many 1,000 followers.
3. Send an auto reply to anyone who sends you an @yourname message.
4. Write posts, have them appear at schedules times in the future.
5. Add your RSS feed to your Twitter stream – similar to what TwitterFeed does.
All in all, it’s a pretty nice suite of administrative features for anyone looking have more control of their Twitter activity. Some of the features, particularly the auto-follow based on keywords, and auto-reply, that I wouldn’t find useful but I could definitely see people – including myself – use the direct message, post-dating and RSS tools.
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giving a try, it looks awesome! great admin stuff
"All in all, it’s a pretty nice suite of administrative features for anyone looking [to] have more control of their Twitter activity."
Sorry, I think it has the opposite effect — losing control. I prefer to pick and choose when I tweet and who to, not 'set it and forget it' systems that take the personal approach away.
Cheers,
Twitter: johncarson
This sort of stuff is ruining twitter. I've started unfollowing people if I get auto replies from them. Twitter is about connecting… with people, not robots.
Kate,
I'm not a fan of auto-reply either. I think it's lazy Twitter-ing.
Hear hear. I cringed just reading this. Is Twitter the new email? Ugh.
This post is Hilarious.
Doesn't this go against all the principals of of twitter/social media? It completely removes the interaction factor and efeats the purpose of being on there in the first place?
Let me tell you something… If I get a sniff of you sending me an automated response…. DELETE! Have a good life. And please don't send me "thankyou for following me" DM's. It's like small talk at a dinner party. There's no place for it.
@iamarkus
i think auto response is first of all polite
and autofollow is first of all showing respect
and it takes time to sort everything out
Twitter is great and should be a tool for everybody
open for every new idea