# Social media profiles playbook

Source: https://otinstaller.com/guides/osintverse-community/social-media-profiles/index (page 1 of 5 of osintverse-community/social-media-profiles)

Once you know an account, collect what it publicly shows, in a form you can keep: the profile, its media and their
metadata, and an archived copy.

**Steps**

1. [Scope and legal](https://otinstaller.com/guides/osintverse-community/social-media-profiles/01-scope-and-legal.md)
2. [Profiles](https://otinstaller.com/guides/osintverse-community/social-media-profiles/02-profiles.md)
3. [Videos, images and their metadata](https://otinstaller.com/guides/osintverse-community/social-media-profiles/03-media.md)
4. [Preserve](https://otinstaller.com/guides/osintverse-community/social-media-profiles/04-preserve.md)

**Tools used** (`ot guide tools osintverse-community/social-media-profiles`):

| Tool | Used for |
| --- | --- |
| [osintverse-community/sherlock](https://otinstaller.com/osintverse-community/sherlock) | The same handle on other networks |
| [osintverse-community/yt-dlp](https://otinstaller.com/osintverse-community/yt-dlp) | Video and channel metadata on YouTube, TikTok, X and 1,000+ sites |
| [osintverse-community/gallery-dl](https://otinstaller.com/osintverse-community/gallery-dl) | Image posts and galleries on Reddit, Flickr, Imgur, Tumblr and others |
| [osintverse-community/waybackpy](https://otinstaller.com/osintverse-community/waybackpy) | Archived copies of a profile |
| [osintverse-community/unfurl](https://otinstaller.com/osintverse-community/unfurl) | IDs and timestamps hidden in post URLs |

Next: https://otinstaller.com/guides/osintverse-community/social-media-profiles/01-scope-and-legal.md