Personal butlers center on making you happy — they run errands for you, do what you ask and remove stress from your life. Personal butlers beware, though: Ifttt may very well put you out of business.

Ifttt, which stands for “if this, then that,” is a website that completes tasks at your command, sometimes in connection with Facebook, Twitter and other sites. For example, you could input the task “If it’s going to rain tomorrow, then send me a text,” or “If someone posts a picture of me on Facebook, then post it to Flickr.”

There are a myriad of combinations, or “recipes” as the website calls them, that ifttt users can create. These tasks can vary from waking you up in the morning to sending automated birthday greetings for Facebook friends.

“My first impression is that … people can get really resourceful with it,” said Olivia Webb, freshman in Engineering. “It seems like a very simple, very useful tool, and I hope it works.”

While some find the site convenient, there are differing reactions to ifttt.

“I see that there are more of these kind of reminders,” said Wai-Tat Fu, assistant professor of computer science. “(Websites like ifttt) come and go pretty quickly … it depends quite a bit on how many people are using it.”

Originally, ifttt was open to a selective number of users as an invitation-only service. Now, it is open to the general public. Its uses could be wide-ranging and broad, depending on the creativity of the user.

Nayeli Garcia, freshman in Business, is impressed by its many beneficial components and its user-friendly format.

Ifttt is meant to be easy enough for anyone to use; you do not necessarily need to be tech-savvy. Once you sign up, you personalize your settings by connecting “channels” (Facebook, phone, email, etc.) to each other to create an “if this, then that” task. By turning the tasks on or off, you can disable or re-enable them whenever you choose.

The website must strive to make the system relevant and useful to the user, said Fu, if it hopes to survive in a sea of seemingly endless socially-connecting websites.

If a new ifttt user needs inspiration, there are just over 300 pages filled with different recipes that other users have employed. As more people join, more recipe ideas pop up.

“I think it’s useful for people who want to get more organized,” said Karolina Alvarez, freshman in Engineering.

With all the features and personalization tools that ifttt offers, you may not need to hire that personal butler after all.