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Ask HN: A free tool for posting content to social media platforms in one place?

3 points by laangregor ↗ HN
I found multiple social media management platforms, but most of them are very price for my side project. I don't need any analytics or scheduled posting.

Right now I have to open each social media platform(Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter) and post each post there manually. I would like to create a post and publish it in one place.

Do you have any suggestions?

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Tomte
You could post on a Wordpress blog. I'd be very surprised if there weren't plugins for posting automatically to every social media web site I've ever heard of.
laangregor
That is a nice out-of-the-box thinking. I found some plugins that could work. Unfortunately using Wordpress means that I should get a web hosting and set up a website. That even would be okay. The lack of Wordpress security and storing your API keys there is a serious problem and probably a turndown.
Tomte
I think installing Wordpress locally, using WAMPP or XAMPP or so, would work, but I haven't thought it through.
laangregor
Thanks, will give a try. Currently not seeing why it should not work. Worst-case scenario, I will need a proxy.
coreymaass
WordPress, out of the box, is quite secure, especially if it's not a high traffic site. And then most of the plugins that interact with services like social media either use tokens or one-time keys, so I wouldn't worry about these issues too much (depending on the plugin you choose).

Source: I've built, maintain, and use a number of WordPress plugins that interact with social media.

laangregor
Thanks, this is good to know. Most likely will start with Wordpress.

Still wonder if there are any free solutions. If not, Maybe I can engineer one in the near future.

coreymaass
Please do. I’ve been looking for something similar for ages. Buffer et all are expensive for simple publishing. I finally bought a lifetime membership to Radaar on AppSumo, but the “post to multiple channels” could be simpler and I’ll never use all the other 100 features they offer.
coreymaass
Also if this is something you want to discuss working together on, get in touch! https://gelform.com/contact
laangregor
I am going to make core functionality open source on Github. Currently doing some research for market and engineering. Hoping to make the core functionality using only front-end code to keep the costs as low as possible. I will give you a heads up when I have a plan in place.
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