By default, Conversations stops at the draft: you read it, change it and paste it in yourself. That is the safe route, and it is also the part people skip when a week gets busy. Post for me is the option for people who would rather have the reply posted than sit in a queue. It is also the part of Rocketship where being honest about the limits matters most, because the platforms have rules about automation and you are the one with an account to lose.
This article says what it does, what it deliberately does not do, what Reddit and LinkedIn say about automation, and who should leave it off.
What it is
Post for me is a setting in Conversations. Conversations finds public posts where people ask for what you sell and drafts a reply or comment in your voice. By default you send that draft yourself. With Post for me on, the Rocketship Chrome extension posts the best-fitting Reddit replies and LinkedIn comments for you, from your own accounts, within a daily limit you set.
It is available on Launch and up. On Starter, Conversations shows a preview without drafts, so there is nothing to post.
What happens when it runs
The extension runs in your own Chrome, which means it uses the browser where you are already signed in to Reddit or LinkedIn. It does not hold your password, and Rocketship never logs in to your accounts. The sequence, step by step:
- About every 15 minutes, while Chrome is open, the extension asks Rocketship whether a reply is due.
- If one is, it opens the thread or post in a background tab of your own browser.
- It types the drafted text into the page's own comment box and presses the page's own button, the way you would.
- It reads the link to the new reply, closes the tab and reports back, so every post is listed in Rocketship with its link.
Because it runs in your browser, it only works while Chrome is open on that computer. If you close the laptop for the weekend, nothing is posted.
The limits built into it
The setting follows these rules.
- Off until you switch it on. You turn it on per platform, Reddit, LinkedIn or both, after a plain note explaining what it will do. An owner or admin of the workspace does this.
- A daily limit you choose. From 1 to 5 a day for each account, with 3 as the default.
- One at a time, an hour apart. It does not post in bursts, and it posts in one community a day.
- Only the best fits. It posts only drafts that score as a close fit and carry no link.
- Comments only on LinkedIn. It posts comments on a post and does not send messages or connection requests.
- Skips communities that ban promotion. If a subreddit's rules rule out what you are doing, it leaves that thread alone.
- It stops by itself. If Reddit or LinkedIn shows a limit, asks you to prove you are human, finds you signed out, or a reply is removed, it pauses until you resume it in Rocketship.
- You can pause any time in Rocketship or in the extension's own popup.
What it never does
It never votes. It never sends direct messages or connection requests. It never creates accounts or uses an account that is not yours. It does not post on Quora at all. The drafts are made to read like a person helping, with the connection to your business stated and no link.
What the platforms say
This is the part to read before you decide. We are not lawyers, and nothing here is a promise about how a platform will treat your account.
LinkedIn. LinkedIn's User Agreement, in the section listing what members must not do, says not to use bots or other unauthorized automated methods to send or redirect messages, or to create, comment on, like, share or re-share posts. Automated commenting, even through your own browser and your own account, sits in the territory that sentence covers. LinkedIn can restrict an account for it, and it decides what counts. That is why LinkedIn commenting is a separate switch, off by default.
Reddit. Reddit's rules prohibit spam, and each community can add rules of its own, including bans on self-promotion. Reddit also limits automated posting. People get banned for things like posting the same message everywhere, using several accounts, or buying votes, and we have not tied that to a single clause, so read Reddit's current rules. The setting is built around the opposite: one account, one community a day, a small limit, no links. That lowers the risk without removing it, since a community's rules can change and a moderator can remove a reply you would have judged fine.
So the honest summary is that Reddit and LinkedIn limit automated posting, and with this setting on, the risk to your own accounts is yours. If your accounts matter to you, because your name is on them or they hold years of history, think about that before switching it on.
Who should leave it off
- Anyone whose personal LinkedIn is central to how clients find them. A restriction there costs more than a few extra replies earn.
- Anyone selling something where tone and timing carry the sale, like a high-trust service. Read the thread, write the reply yourself, and lean on the draft only for the first pass.
- Anyone with a brand-new Reddit account. A new account with no history that begins posting every day looks like what moderators remove. Build a history first, by hand.
- Anyone who will not check the log. Even if posting is automatic, read what went out, every day.
Who it suits
It suits a founder who has been sending drafts by hand for a few weeks, knows the replies are good, has an account with a real history, and loses the habit when the week gets busy. For that person, three replies a day posted at an even pace is better than none posted on a bad week. A sensible way to start is on Reddit only, with the limit at 1 or 2 a day, and to read the log daily for the first two weeks.
How to turn it on and check it
- Use Conversations by hand first. Learn what a good draft looks like for your business.
- Install the free Chrome extension and sign in.
- Switch on Post for me for one platform and choose a daily limit at the low end. Chrome will ask you to allow the site.
- Open the log each day. Click through to the replies. Check they are still up and read the responses.
- If anything reads wrong, pause and fix the settings that feed the drafts, such as your business description and the subreddits to watch.
If you would rather keep the sending in your own hands, nothing about Conversations requires it. It finds the posts and writes the draft either way, and you copy it and post it yourself. For ideas on what a good reply looks like, five Reddit threads, rewritten and how to write a Reddit reply that does not read like an ad are the place to start. Read how Conversations works, or start the 7-day trial.