I could never figure out how this Buffer thing works. Why is there a multiple time slots and why does it say Posting Schedule "every day"? Does this mean the app will send the same tweet repeatedly on the same time every day? Or how does the app choose which tweet to send at which time?
This may sound like a support question but given that you have cloned a service hence buffer is probably popular already, but I believe there is already a schedule feature in tweetdeck, so why should anyone use these services just to schedule a tweet?
When you're reading a cool article on the web and want to share it with your various social networks, you simply add it to your Buffer.
You configure your Buffer to post to your various social networks at various times/days (configuration is 100% up to you).
Your content automatically gets shared without you having to think about it at all. When you find something cool, add it to your Buffer. Done.
This is great for folks/brands who like to be sharing useful content consistently throughout the day/week, rather than "as they find it". Obviously, this works much better for evergreen, less timely content.
I fill up my buffer with things I want to tweet, then every day at the specified times, it tweets the top item from that list. It doesn't send twice, and it's easier for me than scheduling every tweet.
So is it a one-to-one tweet/time-slot match? I can see a usefulness of filling up the stream and letting the schedule do its work. But this must be a feature most suitable for marketers etc, no? As a casual sharing, I don't tweet a lot anyway so I guess I have no need for scheduling.
This may sound like a support question but given that you have cloned a service hence buffer is probably popular already, but I believe there is already a schedule feature in tweetdeck, so why should anyone use these services just to schedule a tweet?