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   FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 00:57:46 JST FediTips has moved!

   Do you want to schedule your posts on Mastodon? There are many options you can use to do this.

   Some third party apps including Tusky and Fedilab have a built-in scheduling option. Fedilab also runs a website at https://plan.fedilab.app which lets you schedule posts.

   If you want a professional scheduled post management system, there are third party commercial services such as https://publer.io and https://buffer.com that now include Mastodon compatibility.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 01:15:09 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Eagain: Anomalous Coward

     @Eagain

     Some people need to do announcements to reach specific time zones, and it's especially important on here as the timelines are chronological.

     I don't think it's fair to assume scheduled posts are spam.

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     Eagain: Anomalous Coward (eagain@noc.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 01:15:10 JST Eagain: Anomalous Coward

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     @feditips why would a human want to schedule a post?

     Is there a way for humans to silence these kinds of automated spam posts?

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 04:51:27 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Crystal_Fish_Caves

     @Crystal_Fish_Caves

     It's not quite the same situation, because instagram, facebook etc don't use chronological timelines.

     Scheduling posts on Fedi is more about reaching people who are awake when you are asleep etc.

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     Crystal_Fish_Caves (crystal_fish_caves@universeodon.com)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 04:51:28 JST Crystal_Fish_Caves

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     @feditips though I get the convenience of automated scheduled posts, I enjoy it here precisely because if you see a recent post you can reply with the knowledge the poster is probably there to see it. If this place turns into autopost central it will lose all charm for me. Like facebook and instagram have.

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     Condalmo. (condalmo@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 05:18:44 JST Condalmo.

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     @feditips Moshidon for Android has it

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 03:59:10 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • History Shapes

     @historyshapes

     I'm not sure, but if you need a professional system you could try the free versions of publer or buffer to see if they support it?

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     History Shapes (historyshapes@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 03:59:11 JST History Shapes

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     @feditips I'm using #Mixpost, but it currently doesn't allow adding alt-text to images. Any service you can recommend that does? - mert.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 04:04:35 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Seph Harrison♊ ✅

     @taur10

     Do you mean a scheduler? Or something else?

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     Seph Harrison♊ ✅ (taur10@venera.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 04:04:40 JST Seph Harrison♊ ✅

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     @feditips I want a client with a queue system built in
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     • Thomas Kahle

     @tomkalei

     There's no official interface for the scheduler, despite it being built into Mastodon. So people who use the official web or apps will not be able to access this feature, it's only available through third parties that use the API.

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     Thomas Kahle (tomkalei@machteburch.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 04:07:01 JST Thomas Kahle

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     @feditips mastodon.py can also easily do this since it is built into mastodon. It’s just an option of a normal post, nothing magical.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 04:09:49 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • A. Lynn

     @shadowsminder

     The only way that could happen is if people are using a scheduling-only platform like Buffer etc and they have also chosen to show what client they are posting from.

     For privacy reasons, people cannot be forced to show what client they use.

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     A. Lynn (shadowsminder@dragonscave.space)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 04:09:50 JST A. Lynn

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     @feditips I would like scheduled posts to be marked on the recipient's side as having been scheduled for auto-posting. Is that a formal request yet?

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 05:44:32 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Seph Harrison♊ ✅

     @taur10

     Posting frequency for what? A repeated message?

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     Seph Harrison♊ ✅ (taur10@venera.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 05:44:37 JST Seph Harrison♊ ✅

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     @feditips Similar, but without having to set date and time, instead you'd set a posting frequency, and then instead of selecting post or schedule, you'd select queue/add to queue.
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     • Seph Harrison♊ ✅
     • Taurnation

     @taur10 @taurnation

     Ah, interesting situation.

     As far as I know the only options with advanced scheduling stuff would be third party commercial services like those linked in the original post?

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     Seph Harrison♊ ✅ (taur10@venera.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 05:54:09 JST Seph Harrison♊ ✅

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     • Taurnation
     @feditips @taurnation is primarily a link share group, and sporadically I get around to going through the various art galleries where I follow artists that draw taurs and the like, which results in a flood of link posts. I try to space them out somewhere between 20 and 40 minutes, but not only do I have to keep track of the next time slot, it's possible to max out the scheduler.
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     Seph Harrison♊ ✅ (taur10@venera.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 06:08:37 JST Seph Harrison♊ ✅

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     • Taurnation
     @feditips @taurnation Seems that way, though it seems like it'd be easy to do this client side, so I'm surprised no one's done it yet, after all the client would just have to know how often to check a file for posts and send the oldest one that's there. I think it's something I might be able to script using Toot or similar, but I wouldn't know where to start.
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     • Seph Harrison♊ ✅

     @taur10

     For what it's worth, I've heard toot is very useful for automated scripts.

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     • A. Lynn

     @shadowsminder

     In Mastodon, if you go to Edit Profile > Privacy & Reach > Display from which app you sent a post, and then untick this box and save changes, it will not show anyone which app/client you used.

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     A. Lynn (shadowsminder@dragonscave.space)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 07:35:00 JST A. Lynn

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     @feditips (forced...?)

     I've learned that Buffer shows it was used for posting (the way "Web" or a downloaded app does) so thank you for replying.