Post to X when you go live

What your followers see

The starter text is:

Live now: Speedrunning Celeste until the PB falls (Celeste) https://www.twitch.tv/yourchannel

with a picture of your stream, and X builds its own card for the link. Change the text to anything you like; Insert… adds values such as your title, category and channel link. Keep the title in it: X refuses text it has already published from the same account.

• 280 characters, counted the way X counts. A link counts as 23 however long it is, an emoji as 2. The step's preview counts the same way, and longer text is cut with … rather than in the middle of a link.

What it costs

X charges for every post an app makes on your behalf: $0.20 for a post with a link and $0.015 without. Bloopbot passes that on from an X balance on your channel.

• Add X balance in $5.99 top-ups, plus VAT or sales tax where it applies. $5.00 of each goes to X; the rest covers card fees and changes in X's pricing. You need no subscription: a channel on Free can top up.
• The X card on Connections shows the balance and about how many posts it covers, for example X balance: $4.60 · about 23 posts with a link. The balance never expires.
• A post that fails costs nothing. Send test post shows the cost before anything goes out.
• On a paid plan you can connect your own X developer app instead, and X bills you directly.

The flow

The Socials pack's Post to X when you go live is four steps you can open and change:

1. Stream starts or ends, set to Live.
2. Variable is: this stream hasn't been announced on X yet.
3. Post to X, with the text, the picture and a live preview of the post and its count.
4. Set a variable: remember this stream once X confirms the post.

So a short disconnect doesn't post, or charge, twice.

Set it up

1. Open Connections, choose X and press Connect X. Approve Bloopbot on X.
2. Press Add X balance, or connect your own X developer app.
3. On Flows, press Add and add the Socials pack. Its flows install paused.
4. Open Post to X when you go live, press Send test post and check the post and its cost.
5. Switch the flow on.

Posting to X may not be available on your channel yet. Connections shows which networks your channel can connect.

The same pack posts to Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, Instagram and Facebook. See every network at once.