How to add and auto-publish slider posts in Instagram vs. Linkedin (there is an importand difference!)
You might be wondering why slider posts are and need to be handled differently - also in Ägile Ässets.
"Differently" means:
for a slider post to show up in Linkedin, you need to please choose "single post" and then upload a pdf file. When published, this will show up as a slider.
for a slider post to be scheduled to Instagram, however, you need to choose "slider post" and then add a collection of pictures. When posted, this will show up in Instagram as a slider.
Hell, no!
Those platforms simply have different ways of handling different formats. Why?
Well, the way platforms and software is set up often stems from a certain way of appoaching things.
We suspect it comes in mostly from the fact that Linkedin is Microsoft owned and therefore very "PPT" and powerpoint slides style which will as a standard be turned into and shared as a PDF while Instagram historically approaches social sharing from visual elements such as pictures.
"Differently" means:
for a slider post to show up in Linkedin, you need to please choose "single post" and then upload a pdf file. When published, this will show up as a slider.
for a slider post to be scheduled to Instagram, however, you need to choose "slider post" and then add a collection of pictures. When posted, this will show up in Instagram as a slider.
Is that logical?
Hell, no!
Those platforms simply have different ways of handling different formats. Why?
Well, the way platforms and software is set up often stems from a certain way of appoaching things.
We suspect it comes in mostly from the fact that Linkedin is Microsoft owned and therefore very "PPT" and powerpoint slides style which will as a standard be turned into and shared as a PDF while Instagram historically approaches social sharing from visual elements such as pictures.
Updated on: 03/01/2024
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