{"id":5698,"date":"2011-07-15T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-16T01:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=5698"},"modified":"2011-07-24T12:03:20","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T20:03:20","slug":"iphone-app-to-auto-reply-to-your-twitter-and-facebook-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/iphone-app-to-auto-reply-to-your-twitter-and-facebook-account\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone app to auto reply to your twitter and facebook account"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>At first when I read this, I thought; ‘an auto reply for twitter and facebook?\u00a0 NOooooo!’\u00a0 My worse thoughts was some putting an auto reply that they are eating a sandwich and will be back online in ah hour.\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 You are so locked into your SocMed addition that you have to let people know when you cannot reply like an eager tween looking for validation?<\/p>\n

Then I looked at the app on the iTunes dev store and though, well wait, there is a use case, be it rare. Say you are on vacation and plan on disconnecting for a week or so.\u00a0 Then yea, I can see an auto reply “IF” its well controlled.\u00a0\u00a0 What concerns me is the possibility it will autoreply TOO much.\u00a0 In other words, there is a conversation you started and suddenly you are auto replying to every new message thus spamming those that left messages before you.\u00a0 Worse, if you auto reply to every mention in a tweet, that can get REALLY annoying.<\/p>\n

Assuming these issues can be addressed, this is a pretty straight forward app.\u00a0 Set and end data and time, then give it a label.\u00a0 Done. Perhaps you go camping once a month, then you can simply update the preset.<\/p>\n

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I sent an email to the person who created this and I’m waiting for a reply.\u00a0 I still think its a bit much to feel the need to autoreply twitter and facebook, but as long as there are strong controls to guard against spamming other people, this could be a useful app when traveling or just taking an extended break from SocMed every now and then … which I recommend.<\/p>\n

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For example, I would not want this auto responding to mentions in twitter. \u00a0I get a lot and do not need to respond. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The app auto responds to @mentions with direct messages. So, if Peter Thiel sends you an @mention, Peter will get a direct message in his inbox saying something like “I am away vacation, I will be back on Jul 20.”<\/div>\n

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And with Facebook. \u00a0I may make a comment and get 10 or 12 follow up comments. \u00a0The app should be smart enough to know NOT to respond to each new comment.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The goal of the application is to respond to each user who tries to contact you or make an update on your wall while you are on break. So if a user made a comment on\u00a0your<\/strong> wall while you are on break, the app will update that user’s wall with a comment stating you are on break. This is important since the user did not know you were on break and perhaps was expecting a follow-up from you\u2014this is the essence of the app, to reply everyone who tries to reach you, rather than ignore him or her with silence.<\/div>\n
Btw, you can also turn off the auto replies. In the next version, we may add individual options to select which notifications you want to auto reply to; you will be able to choose to auto reply to messages but not @mentions, or to wall updates but not comments, for example.<\/div>\n
Depending on the feedback from users, we will make some adjustments in short time and add some new features as necessary. First, though, we are looking forward to some press coverage so users can find out the app exists and start using it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
I’m not fully sure this this address exactly what I’m concerned about, so I think the only way to know is to give it a shot.\u00a0 If everyone get spammed with away messages… sorry.<\/div>\n

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