Comments on: Thinking Systemically About the Impending Death of Twitter Auto-DMs http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2009/02/28/thinking-systemically-about-the-impending-death-of-twitter-auto-dms/ Blogs, social network sites, social software---and how to use all of these tools to become dramatically more successful Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:23:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: jessestay http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2009/02/28/thinking-systemically-about-the-impending-death-of-twitter-auto-dms/comment-page-1/#comment-631004 jessestay Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:07:02 +0000 http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2009/02/28/thinking-systemically-about-the-impending-death-of-twitter-auto-dms#comment-631004 Thanks Scott. I agree - the underlying problem is still not solved. I'm coming up with solutions for that as we speak. If I can add anything that would convince you to come over to SocialToo from TweetLater I'd love to help you make that transition. :-) Thanks Scott. I agree – the underlying problem is still not solved. I'm coming up with solutions for that as we speak. If I can add anything that would convince you to come over to SocialToo from TweetLater I'd love to help you make that transition. :-)

]]> By: Dewald Pretorius http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2009/02/28/thinking-systemically-about-the-impending-death-of-twitter-auto-dms/comment-page-1/#comment-631003 Dewald Pretorius Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:22:53 +0000 http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2009/02/28/thinking-systemically-about-the-impending-death-of-twitter-auto-dms#comment-631003 Scott,<br><br>I own <a href="http://TweetLater.com" rel="nofollow">TweetLater.com</a> and I firmly believe in choice.<br><br>TweetLater will continue to offer its auto-DM feature to its users. It's anyone's prerogative and right to automate repetitive tasks and thereby free up part of their day for other tasks.<br><br>On the flipside, I fully understand that some folks, especially those who follow many new people each day, may get inundated with welcome messages.<br><br>I have not ignored them or their plea. I have put in place an extremely easy way of saying to TweetLater, "Please, do not send me any auto DMs." To opt-out, a person does not even need a TweetLater account. You do it from within your Twitter account. The full instructions are here: <a href="http://www.tweetlater.com/optout" rel="nofollow">http://www.tweetlater.com/optout</a><br><br>What is little known in this discussion around auto-DMs, is that several folks who have opted out, have contacted me via the TweetLater Help Desk and asked to be removed from the opt-out list. Their primary reason was that they felt the DMs gave them a good sense of the kind of person they had just followed, and they missed that aspect after they had opted out.<br><br>In keeping with my personal belief in choice, I will continue to offer TweetLater users the ability to automate their welcome messages, and I will continue to offer anyone in the Twitterverse the ability to opt-out and not receive automated DMs.<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Dewald Pretorius<br><a href="http://twitter.com/dewaldp" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/dewaldp</a> Scott,

I own TweetLater.com and I firmly believe in choice.

TweetLater will continue to offer its auto-DM feature to its users. It's anyone's prerogative and right to automate repetitive tasks and thereby free up part of their day for other tasks.

On the flipside, I fully understand that some folks, especially those who follow many new people each day, may get inundated with welcome messages.

I have not ignored them or their plea. I have put in place an extremely easy way of saying to TweetLater, “Please, do not send me any auto DMs.” To opt-out, a person does not even need a TweetLater account. You do it from within your Twitter account. The full instructions are here: http://www.tweetlater.com/optout

What is little known in this discussion around auto-DMs, is that several folks who have opted out, have contacted me via the TweetLater Help Desk and asked to be removed from the opt-out list. Their primary reason was that they felt the DMs gave them a good sense of the kind of person they had just followed, and they missed that aspect after they had opted out.

In keeping with my personal belief in choice, I will continue to offer TweetLater users the ability to automate their welcome messages, and I will continue to offer anyone in the Twitterverse the ability to opt-out and not receive automated DMs.

Best regards,

Dewald Pretorius
http://twitter.com/dewaldp

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