Twiter finally offers the possibility of scheduling tweets from its mobile applications and web version, a feature that until now was only available through other applications such as Tweetdech (owned by Twitter) or different third-party services. But for the less advanced user it was a certain nuisance. So, now that you can do it from its official application, we tell you how everything works.
Twitter and tweet scheduling
Users who make much more intensive use of Twitter have long known each and every one of the different Services such as Buffer, HootSuite or Later have become practically essential. Although they are not the only options, other third-party applications or Tweetdeck itself (owned by Twitter) also allow it.
Thanks to this schedule you can not only create a constant calendar of publications , even at times when you are out of the office, enjoying your free time or simply sleeping; You also have the possibility of delaying certain messages or repeating others to continue giving visibility to your ideas or projects without saturating whoever is following you.
In summary, that the programming of Tweets has always been something useful, especially for brands and profiles with a more professional approach. But going changing applications or services was and continues to be an “effort” that not everyone is willing to take, even less if they are users whose use of Twitter is very personal. That is why Twitter adds the option to schedule tweets in its official applications and from the web is so interesting.
How to schedule tweets in the official Twitter app
From now on, from the Twitter website you can write and schedule your tweets in a simple and fast way, as you will see below.
The first thing you have to do is go to Twitter.com and write your tweet as usual, adding the text, image and links that you want to publish. Then click on the new icon that you will see in the lower area of the text box, the one that you can see with a calendar and a clock.
When you do, a new window appears in which you can choose the exact date, not only the day of the month and year, but also the hour and minute. At the moment that everything is correct you just have to give the confirm button and it will be ready.
As you can see, the control is total when scheduling publications. Of course, you must take into account that they continue to have the same validity when they are published in your feed.
Scheduled tweets, drafts, and sync
Now that you know how it works and how is the process of scheduling a tweet from the Twitter website, it is important that you know other additional details that will be useful to you as well.
The first is that from the tweets programming window you can access all the ones you have programmed . In case you need to modify the date or the content of the tweet if you consider it appropriate. And you will also see an option to view the drafts.
What is important to know is that at the moment these scheduled drafts and tweets are only synchronized to the server. That is, if you create a draft in one of the official applications you will not see it. The only way to retrieve it is by re-entering through the web, regardless of whether or not they are different computers.
Finally, the option of scheduling at the moment is also only available on the web and not in official clients. It is understood that it will not take long to appear, but that is something that is not exactly known, although you can always access Twitter.com from your smartphone’s browser
For the rest, this new option for scheduling tweets by Twitter joins other new features such as the possibility of choosing who can or cannot reply to your messages, new conversation design, etc.