Supported platforms
Assisted posting works on every platform: Spread the Word gives you the text and a checklist, you post it, and you paste the link so replies can be tracked. Where a platform has an official API, Spread the Word can find threads, publish and track for you.
| Platform | Finds threads | Publishing | Tracks replies | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| API or assisted | Bring your own Reddit app (script type). Most subreddits limit self-promotion; read each one’s rules. | |||
Hacker News | Assisted | No posting API. Use Show HN for launches; comments must add to the discussion. | ||
DEV Community | API or assisted | Articles publish through the API with your key; comments are assisted. | ||
Indie Hackers | Assisted | No API: read from the community pages. Founders sharing progress is welcome; pure promotion is not. | ||
Product Hunt | Assisted | Topics are watched with your own developer token. You submit the launch yourself; launch posts and comments are drafted for you and posted with the guided checklist. | ||
Launch directories | Assisted | Uneed, Microlaunch, DevHunt, BetaList, Peerlist and more: listings from a launch kit and checklist. | ||
| API or assisted | Your own posts publish through the API with your access token (it expires after 60 days); comments are assisted. Automating anything else is against LinkedIn’s terms. | |||
Bluesky | API or assisted | Posts and replies publish through the API with an app password. | ||
Mastodon | API or assisted | Each instance has its own rules. Publishes through the API with an access token. | ||
Hashnode | Assisted | Blogs are watched through their RSS feeds. Hashnode’s API now needs a paid Pro plan, so posts are assisted. | ||
Discourse forum | API or assisted | Any Discourse forum. Publishes with a user API key where the forum allows it. | ||
GitHub | API or assisted | Issues and issue comments publish with your token; Discussions and pull requests to awesome-lists are assisted. | ||
Lemmy | API or assisted | Federated communities, each with its own rules. | ||
Stack Overflow & Stack Exchange | Assisted | Answers must solve the question; any affiliation must be disclosed in the answer. | ||
Medium | Assisted | No publishing API for new integrations; articles are assisted. | ||
Quora | Assisted | Answers are assisted. | ||
X | Assisted | Assisted only without the paid API; not monitored. | ||
Facebook groups | Assisted | No groups API; assisted only. Group rules vary widely. | ||
Other site | Assisted | Any site with an RSS or Atom feed can be watched. Posting is assisted, with a permalink paste. |
More platforms are being added. Reddit discovery and publishing use your own Reddit app, so you stay within Reddit’s API terms for personal use.