Write Once: Markdown for Multiple Social Platforms
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Why a single markdown draft beats rewriting the same post twelve times—and how to respect each network’s limits.
Cross-posting the same copy everywhere sounds efficient until Instagram strips your bold, LinkedIn wants a professional tone, and Discord expects markdown literally. One markdown source can still be the right hub—you just need per-platform export.
Start with a platform-agnostic draft
Draft the core message in markdown: headline idea, three bullets, call to action. Avoid platform-specific jokes until you branch. That core becomes the seed for LinkedIn, X, Threads, and others.
Adapt instead of duplicate
- Trim for X; expand examples for LinkedIn.
- Remove unsupported formatting for Instagram and TikTok captions.
- Use Discord or Reddit formatters when code blocks matter.
# New release
**Markdown2Social v2** is *live*.
- Slack export
- Faster previews
> Tell us what to build next.Markdown2Social keeps separate previews and counters per network so you are not guessing whether the paste will break. Guest mode keeps drafts in the browser; sign in when you want the same posts synced across devices.