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I am currently at 473 followers, which is +2 from my last post and +73 from my start. (FOLLOW ME)
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There is an extreme element of bullshit on Instagram.
It’s so hard to cut through the bullshit, I can barely even tell when I am BSing myself, let alone when other people are fucking around.
So far, it seems like here are the clear signs of bullshit on Instagram:
(1) Nobody Leaving Real Comments on a Post
If people aren’t leaving genuine comments, nothing else matters. You can’t build a business on likes or views, you build it on comments. You can game the system all day with cat photos and bikini models but unless you engage one step beyond the likes, and actually get the comments, I think it’s a sign of clear bullshit.
(2) Stupid Hashtag Games
None of the legitimately influential or “successful” people I see on Instagram are using dozens of hashtags. Whenever I see someone using 10+ hashtags, I smell bullshit.
I used to participate in the hashtag games btw — I tried it for about three weeks. It does boost likes and views, but it does not boost organic reach/engagement/followers as far as I can tell. This idea is coming from both watching other pages, and from personal trial-and-error, so, ya.
(3) It’s Obviously Terrible
I’m not talking about stuff that isn’t for your demographic, I’m talking about stuff that is bad. You know — basically the equivalent of Steem’s trending page. If you see some painfully cheesy guitar tutorial on open chords from a random page and it has like 50,000 views, you can be skeptical, and that applies for all kinds of stuff.
If your brain says “there’s no way that can be true,” for some “successful” then it probably isnt true. I mean theres dumb shit that gets popular, but its usually easy to spot the difference between a popular dumb meme and a fake trending post.
My Own Progress - One Step Forward, Two Step Back
It seems like I gain 10-20 followers, then lose like 5-12 of them, then gain more, lol. I have no idea what is up. To be honest I cant go too “all-in” on insta this week, so its gonna be mostly a “holding pattern” of me doing 3-5 good posts per day on the usually subjects.
In the next week or two, I have an idea for a new strategy. We don’t stay stagnant for long.
Alright thats my update hope your monday is great, PEACE.
