> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.voicemoat.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.voicemoat.com/profiles-and-platforms/connecting-twitter-and-linkedin.md).

# Connecting Twitter and LinkedIn

**In short:** connect a Twitter or LinkedIn account to start. New logins have to connect one before using VoiceMoat. You can add more later, on either platform, from Settings, and each one counts against your plan's profile limit.

VoiceMoat learns your voice from a real account and, where the platform allows, posts on your behalf. So the first thing you do is connect one.

#### Connect your first account

1. Sign in to VoiceMoat with Google.
2. On the connect screen, choose **Twitter** or **LinkedIn**.
3. Authorize VoiceMoat in the sign-in window that opens. For Twitter this is the standard app authorization; for LinkedIn it reuses your existing LinkedIn session.
4. VoiceMoat reads your recent posts and trains a first voice profile, then lands you in the dashboard.

VoiceMoat stores a secure access token so it can read your posts and post for you. **It never sees or stores your password**, and you can revoke access at any time from the platform's own settings or by disconnecting here.

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Connecting is required. A new login with no connected account is sent to the connect screen and cannot use the product until an account is linked. This is what lets audenAI train on a real voice from the very first minute.
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#### Add another profile

Once you are in, add more profiles from **Settings → Connected accounts → Add another profile**.

1. Pick which **plan slot** the new profile joins. Every profile sits on its own slot, which is why adding one can prompt you to add a slot to your plan.
2. Authorize the account, the same way as the first.
3. The new profile trains its own voice and appears in your profile switcher.

Each plan includes a set number of profiles (Free 1, Creator 3, Pro 4, Enterprise 6). If you are at your limit, VoiceMoat offers to add a slot before connecting.

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**Reconnecting an account you already have does not use a new slot.** If a token expires or you want to refresh permissions, reconnecting the same account is free and keeps its voice and history.
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#### What each platform can do

Both platforms share the same core (trained voice, Studio, replies, scheduling, analytics, audenAI chat). They differ in what each network actually permits:

|                           | Twitter                                                          | LinkedIn                                                                           |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Train voice from          | your tweets, read through the Twitter API                        | your own posts, harvested by the extension, or pasted                              |
| Post a single text update | opens the post window to confirm                                 | posts directly through the API                                                     |
| Post from audenAI chat    | posts after you tap Post on the card (threads on Pro and above)  | posts after you tap Post on the card                                               |
| Post threads and media    | yes, on Pro and above                                            | single post with images or one PDF; no threads, video, or GIFs                     |
| Reply                     | draft, then post through the reply window or Twitter's reply box | draft into LinkedIn's comment box (extension) or copy and paste; you press Comment |
| Analytics                 | live from the Twitter API                                        | gathered by the extension from your own session                                    |

#### How LinkedIn works differently

Twitter and LinkedIn are both fully supported. LinkedIn's API rules are stricter about what any tool may do, so two things work differently there:

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**VoiceMoat cannot post comments on LinkedIn for you.** LinkedIn does not permit it. With the Chrome extension, audenAI writes the comment in your voice straight into LinkedIn's own comment box, and you press **Comment** yourself. On the Replies page, you copy the draft and paste it into LinkedIn.
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**LinkedIn analytics come from the Chrome extension**, which reads your own post stats from your logged-in session, because LinkedIn's official analytics API is not open to us yet. LinkedIn does not share your follower count with us. Everything stays tied to your own account.
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**LinkedIn connections last 60 days.** LinkedIn does not let a connection renew itself, so reconnect from **Settings → Connected accounts** when it expires. Posting to LinkedIn, from anywhere in VoiceMoat, pauses until you do.
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#### Common questions

**Can I connect two Twitter accounts?** Yes. Profiles are per account, so you can run several Twitter profiles, several LinkedIn profiles, or a mix, up to your plan's limit. Each keeps its own voice.

**It says the account is owned by another user.** A social account can only be connected to one VoiceMoat login at a time. If you see this, the account is already linked elsewhere. Disconnect it from the other login first, or contact us if that is not possible.

**Do I need the extension to use LinkedIn?** For most things, yes. The extension is how you draft comments in LinkedIn's own comment box, and how LinkedIn voice training, home-feed discovery, and analytics get their data, since LinkedIn's APIs do not provide them. You can still train a LinkedIn voice by pasting posts, and draft comments on the Replies page, if you would rather not install it.

**My voice did not train after connecting.** Voice training reads recent posts. If the account is brand new or has very few posts, there may not be enough to train on yet. Post a little, then re-run training from Voice Lab.