I finally stopped believing the "post every day" advice after a creator called me out

Honestly, I was killing myself posting daily reels on Instagram for 4 months straight and barely getting 200 views each. Then a creator I respect in a niche group told me my content was thin and rushed, and he was right. He said I was feeding the algorithm garbage instead of value. So I cut back to 3 times a week and spent the extra time making one really good video with better hooks and editing. Views went from 200 to over 5,000 on my last three posts. Ngl, it hurt to hear that critique but it turned my account around. Has anyone else had to unlearn that "post frequency over quality" mindset?

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jamesfox2d ago

Is it just me or does this apply to basically everything now? I've noticed people posting the same rushed stuff on LinkedIn, YouTube, even Substack. Everyone's so scared of the algorithm forgetting them that they forget the actual people watching. My buddy runs a small landscaping business and he used to blast out five salesy posts a week. Got nothing. Now he posts one before and after photo with a short story about the job, once a week, and people actually call him. Same thing with my neighbor who does woodworking. He stopped flooding Etsy with junk and only lists stuff he's proud of. The higher prices actually got him better customers.

bettywood2d ago

Scared of the algorithm forgetting them" hits it, @jamesfox, but blaming the algorithm is too easy.