> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.blotato.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.blotato.com/settings/social-accounts.md). # Social accounts Connect or reconnect social accounts, verify the selected identity and Pages, distinguish account limits from publishing limits, and avoid destructive resets during diagnosis. Connecting a social account authorizes Blotato to use it. Connecting an AI client through MCP or an API key is a separate step and does not connect social accounts for you. Use the steps below for both website users and users working with an external assistant. ## Blotato supports: * LinkedIn personal account * LinkedIn company page * Twitter, including threads * Threads, including threads * Bluesky, including threads * Youtube long videos * Youtube shorts * Instagram carousels * Instagram stories * Instagram posts * Instagram reels * Instagram comments * Instagram direct messaging * Instagram DM automations * Facebook pages * Facebook posts * Facebook reels * Facebook stories * Facebook comments * Facebook direct messaging * Facebook DM automations * Pinterest pins * Pinterest videos * TikTok videos * TikTok slideshows ## Warm Up New Accounts Before Connecting Blotato If your social account is brand new, you must warm it up manually **before** connecting it to Blotato (or any other 3rd party tool). This applies to **every platform** -- TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, and X. Connecting a brand new account to automation is the fastest way to get shadowbanned or flagged as a bot. Warm-up looks like this: log in daily, scroll, like, comment, save, follow relevant accounts, and post 1 piece of content per day manually. **Minimum warm-up time before connecting Blotato:** * TikTok: 4 weeks * Pinterest: 2-3 weeks, then reconnect the account in Blotato once it reaches 100+ monthly views * Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, Bluesky, X: 1-2 weeks Full warm-up guide: [Brand New Accounts (Warm-Up Guide)](/social-accounts-and-platform-faqs/tiktok/brand-new-accounts.md) ## Platform Posting Limits Certain platforms have stricter limits due to increased risk of spammers posting low-quality content. **TikTok Posting Restrictions** * Your TikTok account must be warmed up for at least 4 weeks before connecting it. See the universal [warm-up guide](/social-accounts-and-platform-faqs/tiktok/brand-new-accounts.md) -- it applies to all platforms, with TikTok-specific timing. * Starter permits 3 distinct TikTok posting destinations per rolling 24 hours. Blotato counts account IDs with successful posts, not connections. A repeat post to the same account does not use another destination slot. Creator and Agency do not have this 3-destination cap. * The current publishing validator sets 25 posts per TikTok account per rolling 24 hours on all plans. TikTok's own restrictions also apply. The Starter destination-limit error still says “up to 10 posts per account,” which conflicts with the validator. Do not interpret this older message or a 900-post marketing figure as a monthly allowance or a guarantee of unlimited Creator/Agency posting. See [TikTok limit clarification](/social-accounts-and-platform-faqs/tiktok/faqs.md#why-does-the-pricing-page-say-900-tiktok-postsmonth-but-i-hit-a-limit-on-starter). **Instagram Posting Restrictions** * Each Instagram account is limited to 50 posts per day, per 24 hour window. **Pinterest Posting Restrictions** * If your Pinterest is new, you must warm it up for 2-3 weeks manually before connecting to 3rd party tools like Blotato. Start posting 1 pin per day manually, then gradually ramp up to 2, then 3 pins per day. This is required because your Pinterest account will be shadowbanned if you start using automation too soon. You need to first prove to Pinterest that you're not a spam bot. Once your account reaches 100+ monthly views, reconnect it in Blotato and it verifies automatically. No manual verification request is needed, and there is no manual override -- the 100 monthly views threshold is the only unlock criterion. * Pinterest's stored cap is set during connection from the monthly views reported by Pinterest: 10 posts per rolling 24 hours at 1,000 views or fewer, 20 above 1,000 through 10,000, and 50 above 10,000. Existing account-specific limits or legacy fallback values apply to their stored connections. This is separate from the 100-view API-access check. Use the limit in the returned error when diagnosing a specific account, rather than assuming every account has a 10-pin cap. **Facebook Posting Restrictions** * Facebook recommends up to 5 posts per day. The upper limit is 25 posts per 24 hours **per Facebook Page**. Each Page has its own independent 25-post limit, so posts to one Page do not count against another. Example: 3 Pages connected from the same Facebook login each publish up to 25 posts in a 24-hour window. Facebook also recommends staying under 5 posts per day per Page for organic reach. **LinkedIn Posting Restrictions** * Blotato limits publishing to 50 posts per 24 hours **per profile and per company Page**. Your LinkedIn profile and each connected company Page each have their own independent 50-post limit. Example: your profile publishes 50 posts and each company Page publishes 50 posts in the same 24-hour window. **Youtube Posting Restrictions** * Blotato enforces 10 posts per YouTube channel per rolling 24 hours on Starter, or 25 on Creator and Agency. This applies to publishing through Blotato, including scheduled posts. * YouTube also applies its own quotas and account restrictions. A Blotato allowance does not override a YouTube restriction. * Uploading through YouTube itself is outside Blotato's counter, but remains subject to YouTube's limits. Check for an existing publication before uploading a replacement manually. *** ## Connect accounts 1. Open [Accounts](https://my.blotato.com/accounts). 2. Select Connect account, then select the platform in the Connect an account dialog. 3. Sign in to the intended social account on the platform's authorization page. 4. Approve the permissions needed for publishing, comments, messaging, or analytics you intend to use. 5. For Facebook, select the intended Pages in the permission flow. 6. Return to Accounts and verify the username and Status. 7. For Facebook or LinkedIn company publishing, confirm the intended Page appears under the connection. Accounts is a separate navigation item in both modes, not a Settings tab. The table shows Account, Account ID, Page ID, Connected, and Status. Use the copy controls beside the IDs when configuring an integration. ![Connect an account dialog with supported platforms](https://2374509648-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FevfU9S4Nh53PiGflQLah%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-e9cf44903069354ef54cc8724f6adab3e0e58b7c%2Fui-connect-account-2026-10.jpg?alt=media) ### Reconnect an existing account 1. Open Accounts. 2. Open the actions menu at the end of the affected account's row. 3. Select Reconnect. 4. Complete authorization with the intended social account. 5. Return to Accounts and check its Status. Reconnect needed is a status label. Use the actions menu to start reconnection. Reconnect refreshes Blotato's authorization, not a platform suspension. If you cannot sign in to the social platform or open the Page there, resolve the platform's access restriction first. ![Account actions menu containing Reconnect](https://2374509648-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FevfU9S4Nh53PiGflQLah%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-75281d28c5325b8760d7f4281173b57ad7d0d449%2Fui-accounts-reconnect-2026-10.jpg?alt=media) Connection verification does not require publishing a test post. External assistants should then [retrieve accounts and Page IDs](/api-and-mcp-concepts/accounts-and-identifiers.md) through the same Blotato credential they will use for the task. Never request the user's social password in chat. ## Connecting Client or Employer Accounts Access to a social profile inside the platform does not always grant access through third-party tools. Before connecting a client or employer account, verify your role and account type: * **LinkedIn company Page:** Your LinkedIn profile must have the **Super Admin** or **Content Admin** role. Check under the company Page's **Admin tools > Manage admins**. Analyst, Curator, Paid Media Admin, Recruiting Poster, and collaborator roles do not expose the Page to Blotato. See [Connect LinkedIn Accounts](/social-accounts-and-platform-faqs/linkedin/connect-accounts.md). * **Instagram:** Use a professional account of type Business or Creator and sign in with its Instagram credentials, not a Facebook login. See [Connect Instagram](/settings/social-accounts/instagram.md). * **Facebook Page:** Your Facebook profile must have full Admin access to the Page. Select the Page during the Meta permission flow. See [Connect Facebook](/settings/social-accounts/facebook.md). * **YouTube branded or managed channel:** Select the channel from your main Google account before connecting. If you only have the Manager role and the channel does not appear, ask the current Owner to make you an Owner. See [Connect YouTube Accounts](/social-accounts-and-platform-faqs/youtube/connect-accounts.md). If you do not have the required role, choose one of these options: 1. Ask the current admin or owner to grant you the required role. 2. Ask an eligible admin or owner to complete the Blotato connection. ## Connecting Multiple Accounts Per Platform You can connect multiple accounts for each social platform (e.g., multiple Instagram accounts, multiple TikTok accounts). You don't need a separate Blotato account for each -- connect them all under one Blotato login, up to your plan's limit (see [Account Limits](#account-limits) below). ### To add a second account (not replace your existing one): 1. Open [Accounts](https://my.blotato.com/accounts). 2. Select Connect account, then select the platform. 3. Select or sign in to the additional social account on the platform's authorization screen. 4. Complete authorization. 5. Confirm the additional username appears alongside the existing connection. Some Instagram consent screens expose Switch account in a three-dots menu. Other platforms and versions use different controls. Do not assume every platform has the same account switcher.
Instagram consent screen with the three-dots menu opened to reveal Switch account

Click the three dots (···) in the top right of the consent screen, then "Switch account" to add a second account.

Authorizing a different social identity adds a connection. Authorizing the same identity again updates its existing connection. Verify the username before approving permissions. If the platform keeps logging into your first account, use an incognito window as a fallback: 1. Open a private browser window to isolate the login session. 2. Sign in to the intended social account there. 3. Sign in to the intended [Blotato account](https://my.blotato.com) in the same window. 4. Open Accounts and select Connect account, then the platform. 5. Complete authorization and verify the connected username. ### Why does connecting replace my account instead of adding it? Your browser remembers the active social login. After you select Connect account > Instagram, the authorization screen might reuse your first Instagram account. This reconnects the same identity instead of adding a new one. Switch identities on the platform authorization screen, or use the private-window steps above. An isolated login session helps select the intended identity, but does not fix account eligibility, permission, plan-limit, or server errors. Do not disconnect the working account to switch identities. ### To reconnect (re-authorize) an existing account: 1. Open [Accounts](https://my.blotato.com/accounts). 2. Open the actions menu on the intended account and select Reconnect. 3. Sign in to the same social identity. 4. Approve the permissions needed for the features you use. 5. Return to Blotato and confirm the username and Pages. Reconnect updates credentials for the authorized identity. It does not perform the account-removal operation. Confirm the same account before continuing an existing schedule or automation. Disconnect is different: it removes the connection and its Page links, archives its DM automations, removes future scheduled entries for the account, and creates drafts from those scheduled posts. It also removes the account's recurring-slot targets. Do not disconnect or revoke the platform integration merely to refresh a token. Obtain the user's approval before an intentional removal and explain these effects. ## Error: "Your activity off Meta technologies" Is Missing Meta's privacy labels differ between account versions. An absent menu label does not establish the cause of a Blotato connection failure. 1. Read the exact message on the platform's authorization screen. 2. Follow its current Accounts Center link if the message requires a privacy-setting change. 3. Review the change before approving it. 4. Return to [Accounts](https://my.blotato.com/accounts) and retry the affected account's authorization. 5. Confirm the intended username and Pages appear. If the setting or authorization still fails, send support the message, affected platform, timestamp, and failing page's hostname and path. Omit callback codes, state values, tokens, and passwords. Do not reset all settings or remove a working connection to find an old menu label. ### Account Limits Each plan has a limit on the total number of connected social accounts across all platforms. Facebook and LinkedIn count differently from other platforms: * **Facebook:** keep the personal Facebook login connected because Meta uses it to authorize access to your Pages. The login does not count toward the limit, but disconnecting it removes every Page connected through it. Each connected Page counts as one account. Example: 1 Facebook login with 3 Pages counts as 3. * **LinkedIn:** your LinkedIn profile counts as one account, and each connected company Page counts as one more. Example: 1 LinkedIn profile with 3 company Pages counts as 4. | Plan | Connected social accounts | | ------- | ------------------------- | | Starter | 20 | | Creator | 40 | | Agency | 100 | To increase your connected-account limit: 1. Go to [Settings > Billing](https://my.blotato.com/settings/billing). 2. Click **View Billing Portal**. 3. Click the purple **Update subscription** button. 4. Select Creator for up to 40 accounts or Agency for up to 100 accounts, then confirm the change. If you hit the limit, compare the counted channels with your plan before changing anything. Choose an upgrade or an intentional account removal only after reviewing the effects above. Reconnecting a removed account does not restore archived automations. See [Plan Limits](/settings/billing-and-credits.md#plan-limits) for upload, scheduling, and connected-account limits. **Still see "Account limit reached" after disconnecting?** 1. Refresh the page (or log out and back in) so the count updates. 2. Recount every connected account, including each Facebook Page and each LinkedIn company Page. Because Pages count individually, you may still be over the limit even after removing a few accounts. 3. If the count appears below the limit but authorization still fails, contact support with the plan, counted channels, error, and timestamp. This mismatch does not prove a stale counter or establish which account should be removed. *** ## Security Authorize through the social platform's login screen. Do not give an assistant your password, authorization code, session cookie, or access token. Publishing, account lookup, analytics, comments, and messaging have separate data and permission requirements. Connecting an account is not proof of historical Inbox import or analytics backfill. See [Inbox initialization](/web-app-features/inbox.md#why-is-my-instagram-inbox-empty), [Analytics](/web-app-features/analytics.md), and [API accounts and identifiers](/api-and-mcp-concepts/accounts-and-identifiers.md). *** ### Need help troubleshooting your connection?
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