Why are group posts kept separate from personal posts?

PostSnag keeps a person's posts captured inside a Facebook Group separate from the posts captured on their personal profile. This is deliberate: it keeps someone's personal totals from being mixed with what they post inside a group they belong to, and keeps a group's own numbers specific to that group.

Why the split matters

A person can be far more, or far less, active inside a specific group than they are on their own profile. Someone might post rarely on their own page but show up constantly in three different groups; someone else might be the opposite. If group posts and personal posts were combined into one pool, a profile's numbers would blend two different kinds of activity into a total that represents neither one accurately, and you'd lose the ability to see what's actually working inside a specific group versus on someone's own page. Keeping them apart means what you see for "this person's profile" and what you see for "this person's activity in this group" both stay honest on their own.

How it shows up in your dashboard

If you capture the same person both from their own profile page and from inside a group, PostSnag treats those as two separate pools of posts, not one combined feed:

• Opening their profile from inside a group shows only the posts captured there, tagged to that group.

• Opening their own profile page directly shows only their personal posts, with no group posts mixed in.

This holds even if you've captured them from more than one group. Each group's posts for that person stay in their own bucket, so a person tracked across two different groups plus their own profile shows up as three separate pools, not one.

Real UI markers that show the split

A few labels make this separation visible as you use the dashboard:

• The "G" badge, shown on a profile card inside a group's Profiles tab, marks it as "From this group."

• Group chips, shown on a profile's card in the main Profiles library and on their profile detail page, name which group or groups you've tracked them from.

• The "in [Group name]" tag, shown on individual post cards across Discovery, Bookmarks, Folders, Analytics, and profile views, marks which group a specific post was captured in, if any.

Viewing more than one source at once: the Sources filter

If you want to see a person's personal posts and their group posts together, or compare them, use the Sources filter on their profile detail page:

1. Open the profile you want to view.

2. Click the Sources dropdown. It only appears if that profile belongs to at least one group you've captured.

3. Check any combination of Personal, their posts with no group, and the group entries listed, one per group you've captured them in.

4. The post grid updates to show exactly that mix.

Sources works alongside the profile view's other filters: type, search, date range, and sort. So you can, for example, view only Personal plus one specific group, filtered to Video posts from the last 30 days. See How do I filter, search, and sort a profile's posts? for the full set of controls.

[Screenshot: The Sources filter open on a profile page, showing Personal and group options as checkable entries]

This extends to exports and group stats too

Whatever combination of Sources you have selected when you export a profile carries through to the file: export with only Personal checked, and the file excludes group posts; check a group too, and they're included. The same separation applies to a group's own numbers. A group's detail page stats, Group members, Tracked profiles, Captured posts, and Total engagement, only count posts actually captured from that group, so a group's numbers stay specific to that group rather than blended with anything else you've captured about its members elsewhere. See How do I view and analyze a Group in my dashboard?

Common questions

Why are my group posts kept separate from a person's regular profile posts?
So a person's personal totals don't get mixed in with what they post inside a group. Each stays accurate on its own, and so does the group's.

If I capture someone both inside and outside a group, do the posts combine?
No. Viewing their profile from inside the group shows only that group's captured posts for them; viewing their own profile page shows only their non-group posts.

How do I see a profile's personal and group posts together?
Use the Sources filter on their profile page and select more than one option: Personal plus any group you've captured them in.

Does this affect a group's own stats too?
Yes, in the same direction. A group's detail page only counts posts captured from that group, keeping its numbers specific rather than blended with anything else captured about its members.

Does my exported file respect the Sources filter?
Yes. A profile export includes whichever sources are currently selected, so Personal only, a single group, or any combination all export exactly what's showing on screen.