OCTOVO writes and publishes posts on a connected Facebook page or Instagram business account — only after your approval. For LinkedIn it prepares the text ready to paste (checked against the 3,000-character limit and the 210-character visible teaser), but does not publish there itself: the access would otherwise silently expire every 60 days.
Use cases · Thursday, 17:51
Just before the end of the day. One update still needs to go out — on Facebook, and prepared for LinkedIn.
The date for the autumn market has been fixed for an hour, but nobody outside knows yet. It needs to be on the Facebook page right away; for LinkedIn you haven’t found a sentence yourself yet — and the day ends in ten minutes.
What you say
Write a Facebook post about the autumn market and prepare something for LinkedIn too.
Typed or spoken — in the app or from your phone.
- Trigger
- You say it once — Facebook/Instagram and LinkedIn continue differently.
- Arms
- Facebook page, Instagram business account, LinkedIn (draft only).
- Approval
- Always for Facebook/Instagram — published only on your click. It does not apply to LinkedIn: Otto never posts there itself.
- What leaves your device
- The post text to the language model and, after your approval, to Meta. The LinkedIn text stays in the app window until you paste it in yourself.
Re-enacted
Why doesn’t OCTOVO also post directly on LinkedIn?
Because LinkedIn’s access keys only last 60 days and can’t renew themselves — you’d have to sign in again every two months, and if you forget, the channel silently stops working. So it prepares the text ready to go, checked against the 3,000-character limit and the teaser, and you publish it yourself with one click. On Facebook and Instagram, by contrast, it posts directly, after your approval.
Every line in the conversation is a tool that really exists in the app. The names are invented.
„Write a Facebook post about the autumn market and prepare something for LinkedIn too.“
- Wrote the Facebook post 116 words · with link done
- Approval needed waiting for you waiting for you
- Prepared the LinkedIn text 812 characters · teaser checked done
- Publishing stays with you Paste and click done
Facebook is waiting for your approval. The LinkedIn text sits next to it, ready to go, with character count and teaser. I don’t publish there myself — otherwise the access would silently expire every 60 days without anyone noticing.
Afterwards
What do you see afterwards?
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The Facebook draft
Text and link editable right in the field — published only once you click “Approve”.
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The LinkedIn text
Character count and the teaser visible without clicking “see more” (210 characters) sit right next to it — ready to paste into your LinkedIn window.
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What actually goes live
Only the Facebook post — or, if you say so, an Instagram image with a caption. LinkedIn always stays your own click.
With you
What stays with you — and where is the limit?
Stays on your device
- Your access: you connect the Facebook page and Instagram business account through your own Meta app, the token stays with you.
- The wording of every approval — sits in the log with a timestamp.
- The LinkedIn text — it leaves the app window only when you paste it in yourself.
Where the limit is
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Only what a page or business account is connected to is reached — a private Facebook profile is out of reach for Otto, Meta doesn’t allow any program that.
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On Instagram the image needs a publicly reachable https address; the interface does not accept a file from this device.
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On LinkedIn, Otto never publishes itself — not out of caution, but because the access would otherwise silently expire every 60 days.
Asked
Questions about this case
Can it also post on Instagram?
Yes, to a connected business or creator account — as an image with a caption. The image needs a publicly reachable https address; Instagram downloads it itself, a file from this device doesn’t work.
What if two Facebook pages are connected?
Without specifying, the pre-set page applies. If you mean a particular one, name its number from “show connections” or part of its name.
Why doesn’t Otto also post directly on LinkedIn?
Because LinkedIn’s access keys only last 60 days and don’t renew automatically — if you forget to sign in again, the channel silently stops working. Otto prepares the text instead, and you publish it yourself.
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