Hit 50k followers and then my brand got ratioed into oblivion

I was stoked last month when my small coffee shop account finally crossed 50k followers on Instagram. Thought we were doing everything right, you know? Then I posted a dumb meme about a local bakery that didn't land well. Within 2 hours we lost like 1,200 followers and got flooded with comments calling us out for being rude. Our apology post tried to laugh it off, but it made things worse. Now I'm sitting here wondering if the milestone even mattered when one bad post can wipe out months of trust. Has anyone else hit a big number and then watched it backfire the same week?

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lopez.simon6d ago

That "one bad post can wipe out months of trust" line really hurts because it's SO true, man.

morgan.logan6d ago

Dude, when you said 'one bad post can wipe out months of trust' - that hit me like a ton of bricks. I mean seriously, I had a friend lose his whole freelance gig because of one angry review he left on a client's page. It was like all the good work he did for two years just disappeared overnight. People see that one thing and suddenly nothing else matters. It's wild how fast everything can just crumble over something small.