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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #180 on: April 29, 2020, 06:51:18 AM »
Just a suggestion: maybe it would be nice to write towards the beginning, which websites you need access to before starting. It’s very frustrating for people with filters to open a website and leave out one website needed to complete the process. For some people it involves going to Tag or waiting for a filter company to respond and it isn’t instantaneous

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #181 on: April 29, 2020, 08:36:22 AM »
My estimate: it will take just 5 minutes after the DDMS post is released before Kol Haolam, Lakewood Scoop, and all the other frum twitter accounts "discover" a "great workaround" to get Twitter SMS.  ;)

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #182 on: April 29, 2020, 08:40:45 AM »
I wonder if it will make any of these sites crash, think groupme can handle the traffic?

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #183 on: April 29, 2020, 08:53:46 AM »
I wonder if it will make any of these sites crash, think groupme can handle the traffic?
They've been around for a long time...

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #184 on: April 29, 2020, 09:09:58 AM »
DDF preview, please let me know your thoughts and how well it works for you:
https://www.dansdeals.com/more/site-announcements/one-solution-receive-free-sms-alerts-dansdeals-posts/
Great post! Just want to point out that groupme goes through tekufos where messages can randomly arrive hours late. So if someone has email access too they may prefer to do IFTTT straight to email. Let me know if you want me to write up instructions for that.
« Last Edit: April 29, 2020, 09:17:41 AM by etech0 »
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #185 on: April 29, 2020, 09:17:56 AM »
I hope this doesn't make IFTTT shut down!
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #186 on: April 29, 2020, 10:00:57 AM »
DDF preview, please let me know your thoughts and how well it works for you:
https://www.dansdeals.com/more/site-announcements/one-solution-receive-free-sms-alerts-dansdeals-posts/
Great post. It's working for me.

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #187 on: April 29, 2020, 10:52:54 AM »
One downside: response tweets, which are usually hidden on the Twitter timeline, come to SMS, so there can be a lot of junk messages. For example, I got this texted to me: https://twitter.com/DansDeals/status/1255506045813903364

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #188 on: April 29, 2020, 10:54:04 AM »
One downside: response tweets, which are usually hidden on the Twitter timeline, come to SMS, so there can be a lot of junk messages. For example, I got this texted to me: https://twitter.com/DansDeals/status/1255506045813903364
If this solutions prevails as the only/best one, it may be worth looking into a dedicated Dans Deals Support account, which can do the responses.

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #189 on: April 29, 2020, 10:57:57 AM »
If this solutions prevails as the only/best one, it may be worth looking into a dedicated Dans Deals Support account, which can do the responses.

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That explains that text, was wondering who's texting me!
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #190 on: April 29, 2020, 04:37:06 PM »
GroupMe ifttt delays on last 7 posts:
8 mins
6 mins
2 mins
3 mins
2 mins
3 mins
8 mins

It's OK I guess. But not great.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #191 on: April 29, 2020, 04:38:20 PM »
GroupMe ifttt delays on last 7 posts:
8 mins
6 mins
2 mins
3 mins
2 mins
3 mins
8 mins

It's OK I guess. But not great.
Wait until you get that one random one that is 11 hours late. They go through phases when it's better/worse.
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #192 on: April 29, 2020, 05:05:22 PM »
They've been around for a long time...
And owned by Microsoft.
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #193 on: April 29, 2020, 07:01:25 PM »
Wait until you get that one random one that is 11 hours late. They go through phases when it's better/worse.
Reminds me of Yankel Miller's famous joke:

"I was once asked to speak at a levaya in London - which is 5 hours ahead - and I flew there on the Concorde - which flies so fast that you get there in just 3 and a half hours. So I got to London before the guy even died!"

Yes, it may be problematic if a deal is alive again before it ever died.

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #194 on: April 29, 2020, 08:42:16 PM »
GroupMe ifttt delays on last 7 posts:
8 mins
6 mins
2 mins
3 mins
2 mins
3 mins
8 mins

It's OK I guess. But not great.
Have you tested the Zapier method mentioned here?
https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=115894.msg2237447#msg2237447

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #195 on: April 30, 2020, 08:59:56 AM »
Have you tested the Zapier method mentioned here?
https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=115894.msg2237447#msg2237447
Looks like it should work with the free zapier account (though it may only send every 15 minutes, whereas the paid account would be every 5).
Does anyone have a twitter account and a zapier account and want to try this?
It doesn't say 'instant' next to twitter but maybe it'll be close enough? (zapier can run every 5 minutes on the paid version)



Otherwise a developer might be able to set up a webhook to zapier which is instant
https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/accounts-and-users/subscribe-account-activity/guides/getting-started-with-webhooks
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #196 on: April 30, 2020, 02:12:02 PM »
Have you tested the Zapier method mentioned here?
https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=115894.msg2237447#msg2237447
Tested, it's even slower than IFTTT/Groupme.
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #197 on: April 30, 2020, 02:14:31 PM »
Tested, it's even slower than IFTTT/Groupme.
On the free account? Because the paid account should be faster.

If groupme works out then great, I just know I've seen times when messages are very delayed and I don't want everyone up in arms about that!

Maybe IFTTT -> Email and then a gmail filter to fwd that to sms would work instead.
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #198 on: April 30, 2020, 09:58:54 PM »
What in the world is this targeted ad on ddms https://www.hocker.me/ they say it can replace SMS notifications using a robotic method? Any info on this?

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #199 on: April 30, 2020, 11:42:04 PM »
Has anyone figured out which countries still have the ability to get tweets as a text message?