What's the difference between my PostSnag account and my Facebook account?

Your PostSnag account and your Facebook account are two completely separate logins. Your PostSnag account, email and password or Google, gets you into the extension and dashboard; your Facebook account is whatever you're already signed into in your browser, exactly as it was before you installed PostSnag.

PostSnag never asks for, stores, or needs your Facebook password. There's no step anywhere in signing up or signing in to PostSnag that touches your Facebook login.

Why PostSnag needs a separate account

PostSnag's own account exists to save your captured posts, hold your dashboard, and track your plan (Free, Pro, or Lifetime). None of that depends on Facebook, so PostSnag runs its own sign-in system instead of piggybacking on your Facebook login. That also means you keep two genuinely separate credentials (or one password plus Google, depending how you sign in), and neither service can see the other's.

How this works while you're capturing posts

You browse Facebook normally, signed into your own Facebook account in your browser, exactly as you would without PostSnag installed. When you open the extension panel and scroll a profile, Page, or group, PostSnag reads the public posts already loading on your screen in that same logged-in Facebook session. It doesn't log into Facebook on your behalf, doesn't open a separate Facebook connection, and doesn't touch your Facebook credentials at any point. This is also why installing PostSnag doesn't involve picking or connecting a Facebook account ahead of time: there's no "Connect your Facebook account" button and no Facebook permission screen, because PostSnag never talks to Facebook as an authenticated app, only as your browser rendering a page you're already looking at. If you're signed out of Facebook in that tab, there's nothing on the page for PostSnag to read; it isn't a workaround for being logged out of Facebook.

[Screenshot: A browser window showing a Facebook profile with the PostSnag panel open, next to the browser's own separate Facebook sign-in]

What each account actually controls

• Your Facebook account controls what you can see on Facebook itself: which profiles, Pages, and groups you can view, and what shows up in your feed.

• Your PostSnag account controls what you can do with PostSnag: your captured profiles and posts, your Bookmarks and Folders, your plan and billing, and your dashboard Settings.

• Changing one never changes the other. Updating your PostSnag email in Settings doesn't touch your Facebook login, and changing your Facebook password doesn't affect how you sign in to PostSnag.

Switching Facebook accounts or browsers

PostSnag captures from whichever Facebook account happens to be signed in on that browser tab; it isn't tied to a specific Facebook identity. If you manage several Facebook profiles or Pages and switch between them in the same browser, PostSnag simply reads whatever account is active when you scroll. Your PostSnag account stays exactly the same the whole time, since it's a separate sign-in entirely.

Does PostSnag care which kind of Facebook account you use?

No. PostSnag reads whatever public posts are on your screen, whether you're browsing while signed into a personal profile, a Page you manage, or a professional mode creator account. None of that changes anything about your separate PostSnag sign-in; the same PostSnag account works no matter which kind of Facebook account happens to be open in that tab.

Common questions

Does PostSnag ever ask for my Facebook password?
No, never. PostSnag only asks for your PostSnag email and password, or a Google sign-in.

Do I log into Facebook through PostSnag?
No. You log into Facebook the same way you always do, directly in your browser. PostSnag reads what's already on your screen once you're there.

Can I use PostSnag while logged into a Facebook account that isn't my main one?
Yes. PostSnag captures from whichever Facebook account is signed in on that browser tab, so switching Facebook accounts doesn't require any change on the PostSnag side.

If I sign out of Facebook, does that sign me out of PostSnag?
No. They're separate sign-ins. Signing out of Facebook doesn't affect your PostSnag account, and signing out of PostSnag doesn't touch your Facebook session.

Do I need to be signed into Facebook for PostSnag to work?
Yes, for capturing. PostSnag reads posts from your own logged-in Facebook session, so if you're signed out of Facebook in that tab, there's nothing on the page for it to read.

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