Which Facebook profiles, Pages, and creators does PostSnag work on?

PostSnag captures posts from personal profiles, Facebook Pages, and creator profiles in professional mode, all the same way: open the page and scroll. It also captures a Group member's posts when you open their profile from inside that group.

There's no separate mode to switch or setting to pick. PostSnag reads whichever profile type you're on and captures whatever public posts are already loading on your screen.

What PostSnag captures posts from

• Personal profiles, including both username-based URLs (facebook.com/username) and numeric profile URLs (facebook.com/profile.php?id=...).

• Facebook Pages, business, brand, or public figure Pages, including the newer Pages layout.

• Creator and public figure profiles running in professional mode. Professional mode turns a personal profile into something that looks and behaves more like a public figure Page, with a follow option and public content settings, but it's still technically a personal profile under the hood, so PostSnag treats it exactly like any other profile.

• A member's profile opened from inside a group. Click a member's name from a group's member list, or from one of their posts inside the group, and PostSnag captures their public posts and tags them to that group, kept separate from their regular profile posts. See How do Facebook Groups work in PostSnag?.

What PostSnag doesn't work on

PostSnag captures posts, not general Facebook browsing. It's not built for:

• Watch, Marketplace, Events, or Notifications: these aren't profile pages with a scrollable post history.

• Stories or live video: never captured, on any profile type.

• The main News Feed: it mixes posts from many different profiles at once, so there's no single profile to attribute a capture to.

• Settings, Friends, Bookmarks, Jobs, Weather, or Fundraisers: account and utility pages, not content pages.

• A bare group feed page: opening a group's own feed (facebook.com/groups/id) reads only its name and cover photo for later use. Capturing the group's actual posts happens by opening a member's profile from inside that group, not from the group's feed itself. See How do I capture posts from a Facebook Group?.

One useful exception: a person's own Reels tab, reached from their profile, still works, since it's part of their profile. The general, top-level Reels section of Facebook is not supported. See Can I capture Facebook Reels?

[Screenshot: The panel's Scanning Profile line showing a personal profile name next to the same line showing a Facebook Page name]

Quick ways to tell what you're looking at

Facebook doesn't always make it obvious whether you're on a personal profile, a Page, or a creator profile in professional mode. A few visual cues help:

• A Follow or Like button, with no Add Friend option: you're on a Page, or a personal profile with professional mode turned on.

• An Add Friend or Message button: you're on a personal profile without professional mode.

• A category line under the name, like "Public figure" or "Creator": usually a Page.

• A follower count instead of, or alongside, a friend count: professional mode is on.

None of this changes how you capture the profile. It's just useful context if you need to describe to a client or teammate exactly what kind of account you researched.

Public content only

Whatever the profile type, PostSnag only captures public posts: the same posts anyone visiting that profile could already see without being friends or a group member. Private posts, friends-only posts, and anything behind a login you don't have are never captured, on any profile type.

Common questions

Is capturing a Facebook Page different from capturing a profile?
No. The same scroll-to-capture flow applies to both. See How do I capture posts from a Facebook Page?

Do the steps change for a creator or public figure profile?
No. A creator profile is a personal profile in professional mode, and PostSnag captures it exactly like any other profile. See How do I capture a creator or public figure's posts?

Can I capture a private profile or a private group?
No. PostSnag only captures public posts, the same content anyone visiting that page could already see.

Does PostSnag work on someone's Reels tab?
A person's own Reels tab, reached from their profile, works like the rest of their profile. The general Reels section of Facebook is not supported.

Can PostSnag capture posts directly from a Group's own feed?
Not from the feed page itself. Open a member's profile from inside the group instead, and PostSnag captures their posts there, tagged to that group. See How do I capture posts from a Facebook Group?.

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