Do you want to schedule your posts on Mastodon so that you write them now and they are automatically published later?
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.
@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.
@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.
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? They seem to have queue systems.
@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.
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.
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.
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.
@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.
@feditips also @megalodon for android, which I find excellent.
(I use it to reach audiences in different time zones, so they don't miss my posts).
(Also, for insomniac posts, when my followers are soundly sleeping 😁)
I don't think it's fair to assume scheduled posts are spam.
Some people need to do announcements at certain times to reach specific time zones, and it's especially important on here as the timelines are chronological.
Or someone might just have a lot of content they want/need to split up over many posts. For example @samuelpepys is a real time posting of a set of pre-written diaries with specific days and times of day.
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