Patent ID: 8856232

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for social network automation comprising: providing for display to a user, using one or more computing devices, a user interface to permit the user to provide criteria for posting particular content to a social network at a first time; receiving, using the one or more computing devices, from the user one or more criteria for posting the particular content to the social network; determining at a second time, after the first time, using the one or more computing devices, that a condition satisfying the one or more criteria has occurred; and based at least in part on the determination that the condition satisfying the one or more criteria has occurred, independent of additional input from the user, and using the one or more computing devices, providing the particular content for posting to the social network, wherein the posting of the particular content is attributed to the user; wherein the particular content is a repost of another content item posted in the social network, wherein the posting includes reposting the other content item, wherein the one or more criteria include a rule for reposting the other content item, and wherein the rule includes a number of times the other content item must be recommended before being reposted.