Works, with rewrites

Cross-posting Reddit to Discord: what actually breaks

You can, but not by copying the text across: 2 things change between Reddit and Discord, starting with you lose 8,000 characters. Below is exactly what breaks and what to do instead.

Side by side

RedditDiscord
Characters10,0002,000
Mediaoptionaloptional
Hashtagsnone — Reddit has no hashtagsnot needed
Links in bodyfinefine
Needs platform approvalyesno

What changes, one by one

You lose 8,000 characters

Reddit allows 10,000 characters; Discord caps at 2,000. A post written to Reddit's length gets truncated — usually mid-sentence — unless it is rewritten, not trimmed.

The hashtag rules are not the same

Reddit: none — Reddit has no hashtags. Discord: not needed. Carrying the tag block across is the single most obvious sign of an automated cross-post.

Why copy-paste cross-posting underperforms

Reddit is value-first; it must read like a community member, not an ad. Discord is casual and short, like talking in a channel. Those are different jobs, so the same words cannot do both well — and every algorithm here demotes text that obviously was not written for it. The fix is not to skip cross-posting; it is to send a native version to each network.

Publish to both in one call

curl -X POST https://postwire.io/api/post \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTWIRE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "platforms": ["reddit", "discord"],
    "text": "Your post",
    "per_platform": {
      "reddit": { "text": "The Reddit version" },
      "discord": { "text": "The Discord version" }
    }
  }'

PostWire's /api/generate writes those per-platform versions for you from a single prompt, respecting every limit in the table above. From an AI agent it is one MCP tool call.

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Questions people actually ask

Can I cross-post from Reddit to Discord?
You can, but not by copying the text across: 2 things change between Reddit and Discord, starting with you lose 8,000 characters. Below is exactly what breaks and what to do instead.
What is the character limit difference between Reddit and Discord?
Reddit allows 10,000 characters and Discord allows 2,000.
How do I post to Reddit and Discord at the same time?
With PostWire, one API call publishes to both: POST /api/post with platforms set to ["reddit","discord"]. Or one MCP tool call from an AI agent.

Other pairs: Discord to Reddit · all combinations · which APIs need approval