Text-only Fallback
Some platforms heavily compress uploaded videos, reducing quality. With text-only fallback, ShortSync posts just your caption as a text post on those platforms instead of uploading a compressed video. This applies to video uploads only — image posts are always posted normally.
How It Works
Enable Text-only Fallback in settings
Go to Settings and toggle on Text-only Fallback under Upload Preferences.
Upload a video as usual
Select your video and choose the platforms you want to post to.
Incompatible platforms show "Text only"
Per-platform toggles appear in the platform settings during upload. Enable "Post as text only" for any platform where you want to skip the video and post just the caption.
Publish as usual
ShortSync will upload the video to compatible platforms and post only the caption on the text-only fallback platforms.
Example
You upload a 3-minute video and select YouTube, Instagram, X, and Bluesky:
- YouTube— Video posted normally
- X— Caption posted as text (avoid heavy video compression)
- Bluesky— Caption posted as text (avoid heavy video compression)
Supported Platforms
Text-only fallback is available on platforms that support text posts:
X (Twitter)
Bluesky
ThreadsNote: Text-only fallback is currently available for X, Bluesky, and Threads. Other platforms (YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook) are not supported.
Images are not affected: Text-only fallback only applies to video uploads. When posting images, the image will always be included normally — the text-only toggle is not shown for image posts.
When Is This Useful?
- A platform heavily compresses your video and you prefer to post just the caption instead
- You want to maintain a consistent posting schedule across all platforms without sacrificing video quality
- You want to tease video content with a text post and link back to the full video on another platform