Beware of over automation: an endless ifttt loop gone wrong

I use <a href="http://ifttt.com/">ifttt.com</a> to automate. Well, yesterday, something happened - I'm still not quite sure what -- that triggered an endless loop between <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.diigo.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Diigo">Diigo</a> and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://blogger.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Blogger">Blogger</a> via ifttt.com.<br /><br />It posted over and over just links to this blog and the words "Cool Cat Teacher Blog" and as soon as it was on Blogger, it bookmarked to Diigo when posted back to blogger.<br /><br />So, I've turned off the autopost to Blogger via IFTTT.com - it is done and it won't happen again. I've learned a lesson - sometimes things happen that you don't really understand and it is best to totally control some things - especially blog posts.<br /><br />Needless to say - all of these links were posted to Facebook and Twitter too. AURGGH.<br /><br />Stay away from "recipes" that automatically post to your blog - especially if your blog posts send out automatic messages everywhere else.<br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="clear: both; margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://maketecheasier.com/use-ifttt-to-automate-internet-life/2013/01/27" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/141032336_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://maketecheasier.com/use-ifttt-to-automate-internet-life/2013/01/27" style="display: block; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Use IFTTT to Automate Your Internet Life</a></li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://jessversteeg.ca/2013/03/05/if-this-then-that/" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/149978878_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://jessversteeg.ca/2013/03/05/if-this-then-that/" style="display: block; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">If this, then that</a></li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=db5e4408-2929-43dc-bc95-e89c0e1d7f29" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>

Beware of over automation: an endless ifttt loop gone wrong

I use ifttt.com to automate. Well, yesterday, something happened - I'm still not quite sure what -- that triggered an endless loop betw...

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