Post Checklist

A quick pre-publish check — runs entirely in your browser.

Post Checklist

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First line works as a standalone hook
Image attached if it strengthens the post
If a chain, each reply flows naturally from the last
Relevant accounts mentioned
If cross-posting to X, checked it still reads well at 280 chars
Posting time checked against when your audience is active

This list is short because Threads strips out most of the pre-publish decisions other posting flows force on you — no cover image to pick, no separate title field, nothing to preview at multiple aspect ratios. What's left is still worth taking seriously.

Why each reply still needs to stand alone — Threads can surface a single reply in someone's feed without the post it responds to attached, so a reply chain that only makes sense read start-to-finish will confuse anyone who lands in the middle of it.

The other three items, briefly

•Mentions put the post in front of that account's own followers too, not just your own — a small, free reach boost separate from anything the algorithm decides on its own.
•The cross-post check exists because Threads' 500-character room gives a draft more space than X's 280 does — worth a re-read at that shorter length rather than assuming it'll simply fit.
•Posting time is worth checking against your own audience's activity rather than a generic "best time to post" — that varies by account, not by clock.