With auto-comment on, filtrat comments on your new signals by itself: it posts the drafted comment under the post and likes it, from the LinkedIn account assigned to the client, the same way Comment & like does. Signals that need a human look wait for you instead.
Turn it on
- Open the Signals tab. Auto-comment is set per client, so pick a client in the switcher first; the switch is off in All clients.
- Turn on Auto-comment at the top.
- Check the summary and press Enable.
Before it turns on, filtrat shows which LinkedIn account will post, its comments today against its daily cap, and what would happen to today's new signals: how many go out by themselves, how many need your approval and how many are skipped. If something isn't ready, for example no LinkedIn account is assigned to the client, it says what to fix and Enable stays off. Assign an account in Settings → LinkedIn Accounts (Used for).
Auto-comment is free, like commenting by hand.
What it posts and what waits for you
Every new signal is commented on by itself with its drafted comment, except when it goes to Needs approval:
- the post touches a sensitive topic (layoffs, job loss, illness, death, politics, personal news)
- it was a close call whether the post is a signal
- it isn't clear how you help with what the post is about
- the post is a job ad
- the post is by a company page
- you commented on this person in the last 7 days, or messaged them in the last 14
A signal is skipped when the author doesn't fit your ICP, or the post is older than 48 hours.
Signals in Needs approval have their own tab. Edit the draft and press Comment & like to post it yourself, or mark it Not relevant.
The pace
Comments go out one by one, with a random gap of 1 to 5 minutes between them. A draft that's more than a day old is written again just before it's posted.
Each card shows where it stands:
| Label | Means |
|---|---|
| Auto-scheduled | The comment goes out at the time shown |
| Needs approval | filtrat won't post it by itself |
| Posted | The comment is up. View comment opens it on LinkedIn |
| Skipped | Not commented, with the reason |
| Failed | LinkedIn didn't take the comment, with the reason |
The daily comment cap
Each LinkedIn account posts up to 30 comments a day by default. The cap counts all its comments, the ones you post by hand and the automatic ones. When it's reached, the rest wait for the next day (the day runs in UTC).
To change it, open Settings → LinkedIn Accounts and click the number in the Comments column. You can set 1 to 200. A cap above 30 is allowed but highlighted, since more comments raise the risk of LinkedIn restricting the account. The Signals tab shows Comments today 12 / 30 for the posting account.
When LinkedIn pushes back
If LinkedIn refuses two comments in a row, or asks the account to confirm it's a person, filtrat stops posting from that account and lets it rest for 24 hours. A banner on the Signals tab says until when, and you get a notification in the app and an email. Posting resumes by itself after the rest.
Turn it off
Turn the switch off at the top of the Signals tab. Scheduled comments are cancelled, and their signals go back to New, so you can still post them yourself.
Comments go out from a real LinkedIn account. Keep the cap modest on a new account or your main profile. See Keep your LinkedIn account safe.