16/07/2026
If you comment on this post, I promise a robot will not slide into your DMs three seconds later trying to sell you a PDF.
Lately, social media has started to feel less like a community and more like a robotic assembly line. We’ve all seen it: you leave an encouraging comment on someone's post, and instantly, an automated message blasts into your inbox with a sales link.
In fact, the system is so aggressive now that I have even had the automated messages appear when I did not leave a comment and mistakenly touched an ad trying to scroll past it!
Then, three days later, the "follow-up" bot arrives: "Oh my goodness, I’m just so incredibly busy and popular that I had to automate my last message, but this is really me now! Hello!"
Let’s be honest. It is not "popular", it is a pre-programmed delay trigger. Furthermore it is incredibly tiring.
Automation is a brilliant tool when it is used to make life easier, streamline booking, or help people get organised. But using it to trick people into fake conversations? That just creates digital noise.
As a yoga teacher (and virtual assistant), I value two things above all else: authentic, human-to-human connection, and systems that actually respect people's time.
My own VA page is set up to send a simple, honest auto-reply when I am away from my desk. This purpose is just to let you know I’ve received your message and will reply personally when I’m back. No tricks, no sneaky funnels, and absolutely no pre-programmed "organic" follow-ups.
If you ever want to chat about yoga, organisation, or literally anything else, you will always get a real, human response from me.
Just a real person on the other end of the screen.
Imagine that!
