Stop ignoring the caption length setting, it's killing your reach

I noticed my reels were tanking last week in Austin, kept getting like 50 views max. Then I compared with a friend who consistently hits 5k and realized I was leaving the captions at the default 150 characters instead of bumping them to 300 plus. Instagram literally says longer captions boost algorithm visibility in their own help docs, I checked. Why do people keep overlooking this one toggle in the advanced settings?

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finleyh891d ago

Legit opened my settings and felt like a clown for leaving it on the baby mode 150 character option this whole time. Thanks for the wakeup call I guess lol.

ray_miller411d ago

@finleyh89 man, don't feel bad. I had mine on 150 characters for like two months before I realized you could change it. Felt like an absolute idiot when I saw people posting full sentences and I'm over here trying to squeeze a thought into a tweet. At least you figured it out eventually, some people probably never do.