Scheduled post glitches and errors
Users are experiencing significant issues with the reliability and functionality of auto-posting features, leading to frustrations such as disappearing posts and error messages. Additionally, the perceived high cost of the service compared to competitors adds to user dissatisfaction.
5 different people have complained about this since 19 Mar 2019, most recently on 27 Jan 2024.
“Very frustrated and considering canceling and going back to manually posting”
“So far this app hasn't posted anything I've scheduled and it's disabled for a month unless I pay.”
“They haven't fixed the issues & I reinstalled last week.Complete waste of $84!!”
5 people in 9 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition moderate
The pain
shares of 9 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 5 people using Planoly: Social Media Planner
- What goes wrong
- Wastes time11% of posts
- Manual work11% of posts
- How bad
- 78% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 19 Mar 2019 → 27 Jan 2024
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Planoly: Social Media Planner
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 22% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint778%
- Request222%
Sources
9 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original. 1 post was held back as off-topic; all 9 still count toward the score.
…d other times I get a notification that something couldn't be posted. Very frustrated and considering canceling and going back to manually posting
FrustratedManual work…add and a request for a review before being able to contact support. So far this app hasn't posted anything I've scheduled and it's disabled for a month unless I pay. VERY disappointed.
Wastes timeWould pay…attempted to help, but I've been unable to use the app for 5 months. They haven't fixed the issues & I reinstalled last week.Complete waste of $84!!
…have to figure out what to post one day a week instead of every day! I just wish the auto-post option didn't glitch as much as it does! Cause it's a pain to get it working right again when it stops!
Planoly: Social Media Planner This app freezes constantly! Working on my phone trying to get things organized when I have to stop working because the app freezes up and becomes unusable. I also just realized any media I upload from my phone can't be accessed on the desktop version. Dissapointed. Update: user support…
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Score 23.0 → 23.4 · 24 Sept 2026, 23:00 → 00:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is Scheduled post glitches and errors a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 5 different people described it independently, in 9 mentions, the earliest from 19 Mar 2019 and the most recent from 27 Jan 2024. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 43/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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