Update date: December 16, 2024
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Post (Legacy) will be discontinued on June 1, 2025, and transition to Crosspost. For more details, please see "Transitioning from "Post (Legacy) to Crosspost"
Differences between Post (Legacy) and Crosspost
Cross-Post is an evolution of the Post (Legacy) feature, offering a new posting functionality that supports multiple social media platforms.
| Feature | Post (Legacy) | Crosspost |
|---|---|---|
| Supported SNS | X (Twitter) | X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook |
| Post to multiple SNS simultaneously | ✔︎ | |
| Notes | Will be discontinued on June 1, 2025 |
Post using Post (Legacy)
Post using Legacy PostYou can schedule posts to X (Twitter).
This feature will be discontinued on June 1, 2025
Features of scheduled posts
The "Scheduled posts" feature allows you to:
- Schedule posts for specific times
- Post in order based on pre-set "Posting times"
- Create posts with images or videos
- Create thread-style posts
- Use emojis in your posts
- Preview your posts
- Create long posts exceeding 280 characters
About long posts (over 280 characters)
- This feature is available to users subscribed to X Premium (Twitter Blue).
- The maximum character count is 25,000 for English.
- The following X Premium (Twitter Blue) features are not supported:
- Bold or italic text formatting
- Editing posts after publishing
How to schedule a post
- Click on "Post" in the menu.
- Enter your text in the "What's happening?" field.
- You can enter more than 280 characters regardless of your X Premium (Twitter Blue) subscription status. However, if you're not subscribed to X Premium (Twitter Blue) at the time of posting, the post will fail.
- Click "Split text into multiple posts" to automatically divide your text into multiple threads.
- Specify the posting date and time, click "▼", and select either "Schedule post", "Add to front of queue", or "Add to queue", then click the corresponding button.
Previewing your post (browser version only)
After entering text in the "What's happening?" field as described above, you'll see post previews for both "Mobile" and "Desktop" on the right side of the screen.
Types of posting methods
- Post now
- Posts immediately. As it's not a scheduled post, it won't appear in your scheduled posts.
- Schedule post
- Posts at the specified date and time automatically.
- Add to queue
- Adds to the next available posting slot. Posts in the queue are published from the top at predetermined times. You can check this in "Scheduled posts".
- Add to front of queue
- Adds to the top of the queue. Useful when you want to post in the next available slot.
- Posts already in the queue will be pushed back one by one.
- Add to drafts
- Posts added to drafts can be published later.
About Scheduled Post Limits and Counting Method
The number of scheduled posts that can be set simultaneously varies by plan. Note that draft posts are also counted towards the scheduled post limit.
- Free plan: 10 posts
- When posting from an X (Twitter) account, there is a limit of 5 posts per month
- Professional plan: 30 posts
- Business plan and above: Unlimited
For X (Twitter) thread posts, each post within the thread is counted as one post. For example, if you complete a thread with 4 posts, it will be counted as 4 posts.
Post using Crosspost
Schedule posts to X (Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.
To use Crosspost, you need to turn on "Crosspost" in the Team Settings screen.
Currently, this feature is only available on browser version. It will be available on the SocialDog app in the future.
Features of scheduled posts
In "Scheduled Posts" for Crosspost, you can do the following:
- Post simultaneously to multiple social media accounts
- Supports feed posts and reel posts on Instagram
- When attaching a single video, it will be posted as a reel post
- Supports feed posts and reel posts on Instagram
- Customize post content for each social media account
- You can set common post content as well as customize content for each social media account
- Create posts with multiple images or videos
- Use emojis in your posts
- Preview your posts
- Create long posts exceeding 280 characters
About long posts (over 280 characters)
- This feature is available to users subscribed to X Premium (Twitter Blue).
- The maximum character count is 25,000 for English.
- The following X Premium (Twitter Blue) features are not supported:
- Bold or italic text formatting
- Editing posts after publishing
Limitations of scheduled posts
- Cannot post Stories
How to schedule a post
- Click on "Post" in the menu.
- Click "New post".
- Click "Add a social profile" in the top left of the screen and select the social profiles you want to post to.
- You can select multiple social profiles.
- Enter your text in the "Enter text" field.
- The maximum character count is:
- You can enter more than 280 characters regardless of your X Premium (Twitter Blue) subscription status. However, if you're not subscribed to X Premium (Twitter Blue) at the time of posting, the post will fail.
- Instagram: 2,200 characters
- Facebook: 60,000 characters
- If you've selected multiple social media accounts and want to post the same content to all of them, enter the text in the "Common" tab.
- The maximum character count is:
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- If you want to use different text for each social media account, enter the text in each account's tab.
- You can use both the "Common" tab and individual account tabs if you want to use the same base text but change some wording for specific accounts.
- If you want to use different text for each social media account, enter the text in each account's tab.
- Attach images or videos.
- For Instagram accounts, you must attach at least one image or video.
- Similar to text, if you want to post the same content to all selected social media accounts, attach from the "Common" tab. If you want different content for each account, attach from each account's tab.
- Select a posting time, click "▼", and from the menu that appears, choose either "Schedule Post", "Add to Beginning of Queue", or "Add to Queue", then click the button with your selected menu option.
If there are errors in your text, images, or videos, a warning icon will appear on the social media account tab. Click the tab to check the error details. You cannot post with errors (but you can add to drafts regardless of errors).
Previewing your post (browser version only)
On the right side of the "Create a post" screen, you'll see post previews for both "Mobile" and "Desktop".
Click the "Mobile icon" or "Desktop icon" in the top right of the screen to switch between these previews.
Types of posting methods
- Post now
- Posts immediately. As it's not a scheduled post, it won't appear in your scheduled posts.
- Schedule post
- Posts at the specified date and time automatically.
- Add to queue
- Adds to the next available posting slot. Posts in the queue are published from the top at predetermined times. You can check this in "Scheduled posts".
- Add to front of queue
- Adds to the top of the queue. Useful when you want to post in the next available slot.
- Posts already in the queue will be pushed back one by one.
- Save as a draft
- Posts added to drafts can be published later.
About Scheduled Post Limits and Counting Method
The number of scheduled posts that can be set simultaneously varies by plan. Note that draft posts are also counted towards the scheduled post limit.
- Free plan: 10 posts
- When posting from an X (Twitter) account, there is a limit of 5 posts per month
- Professional plan: 30 posts
- Business plan and above: Unlimited
For X (Twitter) thread posts, each post within the thread is counted as one post. For example, if you complete a thread with 4 posts, it will be counted as 4 posts.