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What Is Spintax?

If you post the same announcement to twenty Facebook groups, twenty identical captions start to look like exactly what they are: copy-paste. Spintax is the plain-text way to write a post once and let every group receive its own wording.

Spintax (spin syntax)

Spintax is a writing format that hides several alternatives inside one text using curly braces and vertical bars — {like this|this way|that way}. When the text is used, one alternative is picked for each block, producing a different reading of the same message every time.

How the format works

A spin block is a pair of curly braces containing two or more options separated by a vertical bar. When the text is spun, one option per block is chosen and the braces disappear. Everything outside the braces stays exactly as you wrote it.

One line of spintax, two possible outputs:
{Fresh batch|Just landed} — new stock in the store!
→ Fresh batch — new stock in the store!
→ Just landed — new stock in the store!

Blocks combine. Two blocks with two options each produce 2 × 2 = 4 distinct posts; add a third block with three options and you have 12. You write once, and the combinations multiply on their own.

Why varied wording matters

Posting platforms and communities treat word-for-word identical content, posted to many places in a short window, as a signal of automation. Varying the wording between posts is one of the conservative practices that keeps bulk posting looking like what it should be: a person sharing something with several communities.

  • Each group receives a caption that reads naturally on its own.
  • No two groups see byte-identical text from the same run.
  • You keep one message instead of maintaining twenty copies.

Spintax in GroupBlaster

GroupBlaster supports spintax natively in every campaign — free and Pro alike. Write your post with {option|option} blocks; when a run starts, each group gets its own variation resolved at fill time, before anything is typed into Facebook's composer.

  • The composer always receives finished text — braces never reach Facebook.
  • Wording stays stable within a run, so the posting history links back correctly.
  • A new run draws fresh wording, so a daily campaign does not repeat yesterday's exact variant.
  • An unbalanced pattern (a missing closing brace) is flagged in the editor and posts as plain text rather than failing.

Writing good spin blocks

Good spintax reads as if each variant were written on its own. A few habits keep the output natural:

  • Swap phrases, not single words — “{Fresh drop|New arrivals} just landed” beats swapping one adjective.
  • Vary sentence openings across blocks so variants differ from the first word.
  • Keep every option grammatically complete — each one must stand alone in the sentence.
  • Two or three strong options per block beat ten near-identical ones.

What spintax is not

Spintax is not artificial intelligence. It does not write new sentences, invent claims, or rephrase for tone — it chooses among alternatives you wrote. That is also why it is predictable: you have read every variant it can post, because you wrote them.

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4 possible variations — each group gets its own

This demo runs in your browser — nothing is sent anywhere. Blocks nest, and \{escaped\} braces stay literal.

A working replica of the GroupBlaster campaign editor — spinning exactly what the extension spins.

Same campaign, two groups, two captions:

{Fresh batch|Just landed} — new stock in the store!

AFresh batch — new stock in the store!

BJust landed — new stock in the store!

Spintax questions, answered

No. Spintax is available on every plan, including the free tier — write {option|option} blocks in any campaign and each group receives its own variation when the run starts.

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