This is such a silly thing but it helps me out a lot:
I got into a habit of defaulting to posting on @threads, which was great! But I started neglecting other places online (like Bluesky & LinkedIn), and I’m keen to try out Mastodon more.
So I made a little shortcut to gradually fix my habit, using @Buffer 's iOS shortcuts support to take any Threads post I forgot to crosspost elsewhere and quickly do that.
Here’s a fancy video showing it in action. The steps 👇
- I post something to Threads and forget to crosspost it with Buffer
- I tap & hold on the post and select “copy”
- I pull down the control center menu and tap the Shortcut icon
- The shortcut asks me where I want to cross-post it to
- Once I pick which platforms, it handles all the queueing up for me
- Either instantly, or in a few hours if I want to pre-schedule the post, it’s there
I need to clean it up a bit but can share this publicly if folks are interested – just reply if you are!