Buffer

Submissions close November 13 at 11:59 PM PT, and there's a Build-in-Public Award if you share your build along the way. If an idea has been sitting in the back of your mind, this could be your November Startup Sprint. 🔗 buffer.com/api/commit?utm_so…

The prize pool is 10% of our August net profit, $25,600, split across up to 16 winners, one for each year Buffer has been around. 💙 Three days in, we've already received 405 registrations!

Buffer Commit is our way of giving back something similar. Until November 13, anyone can build an app or integration on the Buffer API, solo or with a team, with a deadline, help from our team and a community building alongside you.

16 years later, Buffer has just over 300,000 monthly active users and 84,000 paying customers, and just crossed $27M in ARR, having raised $4M in total.

Joel Gascoigne, our Founder CEO, had the idea for Buffer in the back of his mind and had been working on it a little, so he committed. He launched Buffer on November 30, the last day of the sprint.

In November 2010, someone on Hacker News posted a simple challenge. Plenty of people had ideas they'd been sitting on, so why not all commit to launching them that month? They called it the November Startup Sprint!

Two weeks ago, we announced Buffer Commit, our first build contest. On October 28, the build window officially opened! 🎉 The idea behind it goes back to the very beginning of Buffer. 🔗 buffer.com/api/commit?utm_so…

Ah! I feel you, @cathooman28 ! I have the same struggles with replying with non-generic replies. Our Comment Score takes a number of factors into account (though it is only on comments on your own posts and not the posts of others). A couple of tips to get the score higher would be to at least dismiss comments you won't reply to or, better yet, to like a comment. Though I would highly encourage you to reply anyway (even if it might sometimes be generic) as engaging with comments can potentially have a huge impact on the reach of your posts. All the best, Cat! - Mel

I’m so sorry you’re getting blocked at login, that’s frustrating! An “Access denied” page usually means our security checks flagged the connection, not your account. Could you try an incognito window with any VPN or ad blockers turned off? If that doesn’t work, switching to mobile data can help too. Keep me posted! -Lexi

Yes! It can be turned off from your notification settings, or from unsubscribing (which we've already done for your account). Thanks so much for raising this, Dmitrii. -Lexi

Thanks for those details. A two-week-old account posting 3x a day through an API is a pattern we’ve seen TikTok hold back. TikTok doesn’t share why, but API posts on newer accounts seem to get much stricter treatment than native ones. I'd suggest posting natively for a few more weeks while the account builds history, then bringing Buffer back in gradually. In the meantime, you can still plan in Buffer and use Notify Me publishing, so each post goes out from the TikTok app itself. -Julia

On the posts: when an X account is connected to Buffer, Community shows comments on all of its posts (not just ones sent through Buffer) so you can reply in one place -Julia

Yikes, that one's on us, Dmitrii. Daily Community is a new email we're testing. You should have been able to turn it off in your settings - I've shared this with the team and we've fixed & unsubscribed you, so you won't get it again -Julia

You got this! Totally possible to build using our API, too. No pressure at all - just sending you support, Marlene ☺️ -Julia developers.buffer.com/

My pleasure, glad to have helped!

Apologies, the CSV upload feature is a little hidden. You can find it in your channel settings. More detailed instructions here 😊 support.buffer.com/articles/… Let me know if you run into any issues with it! - Mike (@Mike_Eck)

Buffer Commit’s build window opened today, and 363 builders have registered to create apps and integrations on the Buffer API. If you’re building with us, here’s what’s new: ➕ Two extra app clients for every registered builder through the build window 🚀 New API rate limits, live now 💬 Office hours on our Discord every Tuesday and Thursday at 12 PM ET Submissions close November 13 at 11:59 PM PT. Up to 16 winners, shared equally: 10% of our August 2026 net profit, $1,600 or more. Register here: buffer.com/api/commit Terms and conditions apply*

Is the TikTok account you're seeing this with a newer account? How many times per day are you posting? The timezone/location in Buffer shouldn't have any effect on views! -Lexi

I’m so sorry, I know how frustrating that is! Across thousands of accounts that post both ways, posts sent through Buffer get the same TikTok views as posts made in the app. Where we do see zero views is with newer accounts and high-volume automation. Posting 1–3 times a day, making each video original, and mixing up templated videos and captions usually helps. It’s also worth checking TikTok’s analytics, since TikTok flags posts it won’t recommend. Thanks! -Lexi

Hi there, I'm so sorry about this! Usually this has to do with a browser extension or network issue. Can you try opening Buffer in an incognito window to see if it loads properly there? -Lexi