EtsySocial Retweet Test!!

[ManAndStone]

Team I am beyond excited for us to start testing our new auto-retweet app!!!

The set up for the test is very simple:

Step 1. Signed into your EtsySocial account: http://etsysocial.com
(if your account is not active, just let me know and I'll renew you)

Step 2. Set up the Auto-Retweet - follow this link: http://etsysocial.com/admin/retweet

Fill in:
1. Team's Twitter Username: etsymeetntweet
2. Team Retweet List: etsymntt
3. Team Hash Tag: #etsymntt

SEE ATTACHED PIC:
https://img0.etsystatic.com/199/0/37210640/icm_fullxfull.127973476_h0zll1bd1pck0sgwsoks.png

WHAT WE ARE TESTING FOR:
The main objective for this test is to determine if the app is behaving the way we need it to. ie is it...

1. posting a max of 10 retweets an hour to our Twitter accounts?
2. posting in a minimum of 5 min intervals?
3. only posting team # retweets from our Team Twitter List?
4. retweeting 1 team # tweet per member per hour?*
5. filtering out profanity (we don't need to test this one :D just know the developer is working on building a very long list of bad words!)

(* this rule is to protect us from having our hashtag abused...along with rule no. 2... the goal is that even if someone posted 5 #tweets in an hour only one would get retweeted.)

IMPORTANT Please Note: With this test you may or may not see an increase in your tweets being retweeted since we are using our main twitter lists of 223 members. We're testing with this list first so that the app has a large pool of retweets to pull from.

The next test we do will be with a new smaller list and then we will see ourselves being retweeted. Depending on this first test, we should be ready for the second test by the middle of the week! ...and maybe by this time next week, we will be implement Team wide and get this party started!!! (but we will talk about a new team hashtag before then).


So far for the test, I believe we have:

CraftySchmantcy
accentandaccessorize
BonnieLouLane
SwirlingOrange11
JKCMurano
Lilyspad58
thecraftspottoshop
JoyfulByNature
cardsbymormorjan
MadamCoyote
LarisJewelryDesigns
PrayLoveYoga

Feel free to join in!

And please post below if you're set up or if you have questions, need help, see something strange or whatever your thoughts are!

Team, I feel like jumpin up and down, I'm so excited! Missed you all too!
Clarissa

[ManAndStone]

Team..one other note regarding setting up...

you will need to have you twitter account authorize on EtsySocial.

If you have not been using the auto tweet feature, you may not already have your twitter associated with EtsySocial.

Simply:

1. be logged into your twitter account that you want to use with the team

2. log into your EtsySocial Dashbord and click the Auto Tweet tab.

3. click on the link to Add Twitter

4. check the box that says 'automation' so that it turns green and say 'on'

(You can add tweets but do not have to for this test.)

Let me know if you need any help.

[DoveJewelryDesign]

Hi Clarissa,

I am set up!

[Lilyspad58]

Hi Clarissa

I'm set up too!!😀

[SwirlingOrange11]

Okay so we are only tweeting with 1 hashtag #etsymntt ??? or we can add other hashtags? Also, for test I put my auto under @swirlingOrange1

[MadamCoyote]

I think I'm set up, but I also thought I had commented here, and I don't see my comment, so now I'm wondering if I dreamed the whole thing. :-D

Seriously though, I am set up.

[DoveJewelryDesign]

Clarissa, I am assuming we don't have to sign up for RoundTeam for test. Is that correct?

[ManAndStone]

@Swirling you can indeed have other hashtags in your tweets

@Amy you did comment but it was on the other thread! :D

@Crafty correct, no need for roundteam...EtsySocial is doing the auto-retweets

Thank you all for getting set up!!

[cardsbymormorjan]

Hi Clarissa, Please can you reactivate my Etsy social account. Thanks Jan

[ManAndStone]

Hi Jan! All done! TY!!

[DoveJewelryDesign]

Are we supposed to tweet as usual for the test or are we supposed to tweet within etsysocial somehow?

[ManAndStone]

:::: UPDATE ::::

Hi Team!

Here are some things I'm seeing in my twitter timelines (@etsysocial & @prayloveyoga) and have sent feedback to the developer to work on:

1. retweets of twitters accounts using #etsymntt but are not on our team twitter list...it's not happening a lot but here and there

2. distributing more than 1 retweet per user within the hour (ie two retweets for the same person 10 mins apart.)

3. retweeting retweets - i retweeted and then my retweet got retweeted - we don't want that

4. retweeting ones own tweet - we definitely don't want that and he is working on that rule.

So if you see these things, please know he is working on them. And if you seen anything curious, please let me know and I will take a look!

And if you set up and don't see retweets happening in your timeline within an 1-2 hours, just let me know.

Thanks Team!!

[ManAndStone]

@Crafty you can tweet as usual from whichever resource you use!

[cardsbymormorjan]

It's me being dim I don't see where to add the team name etc?

[ManAndStone]

Hi Jan! It's not you!...the set up page is not linked to on etsysocial while the feature's being tested. The link to set up along with instructions are in the first post if this thread.

[cardsbymormorjan]

I think I've done it! should I remove the #esArt hashtag from my tweets ( I cant really remember where that came from!!) and just add #etsmntt?

[ManAndStone]

great!...the #esArt is from etsysocial...for now you can leave or remove it... just be sure your #etsymntt hashtags have the "y"

[BonnieLouLane]

I'm working on it!

[Former_Member]

I believe that I am set up

[BonnieLouLane]

I think I am now set up too.

[JKCMurano]

Hi Clarissa,
EtsySocial states I am on a trial period until 8/21 but then says I am not an active user when I tried to set up the auto retweet.

[ManAndStone]

Jeanette, that was for 2015! :D Just renewed you!

[ldgrands]

Clarissa, will you activate my Etsy Social account, so I can participate? Thanks, Clarissa.

[ManAndStone]

Hi Lari! All done! TY!!

[JKCMurano]

Thank you! 2015! I need my eyes checked!!