I started making reels in July about dev tools. I'm a software engineer, not an editor, so I put most of my effort into getting the editing right. Every reel went through several rounds of fixes: captions, zooms, sound, B-roll, music. My reels have now crossed 50k views, but for the first 55 days none of that editing work moved the numbers.

After 14 reels I pulled the real numbers from Instagram insights and compared them with my edit history. The craft had clearly improved. The views hadn't moved at all. Reel #1 got 1,482 views, reel #14 got 1,295.

Then I grouped the reels by topic and the pattern was obvious:

"Get this paid thing for free" reels: median 1,482 views (3 reels, all 1,476 or more) Big brand plus some drama: median 1,211 (6 reels) "Here's a useful tool": median 522 (3 reels, none above 692) My own product: 429 (1 reel)

The free and tool ranges didn't overlap at all. Same person, same editing, same face, and 3x the views depending on what the reel was about.

The second thing that hurt was a 17-day break in the middle. The reel I came back with had my best engagement ever (people who saw it liked it) and only 185 views. Every other reel got between 400 and 1,900.

What I took from it as a small account: topic and the hook headline decide reach before the edit even exists. Polish keeps the people who already see the reel, but it doesn't get the reel seen. And gaps are expensive.

Small sample, I know. For people who've grown past this stage: did editing quality ever start to matter for you, or was it always topic and consistency?

Basically at this point, I don’t know how much brands are willing to pay. How do other creators charge? I want to know, I’m very curious. I have about 48k followers, with good reach.. almost 150-300k views per reel and i make food recipes content.
Can someone help me with this?
Agencies don’t wanna pay even half of the rates.
It’s really getting difficult to make money here 😭

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to understand how to track engagement accurately for Facebook Group posts compared with regular Facebook Normal posts.

In Meta Business Suite's Content Library, I can see metrics such as views, viewers, engagement, follows, and impressions for my Page content. However, I'm unsure how to get the same engagement breakdown for posts published inside Facebook Groups.

My questions are:

1. Where can I find the exact engagement numbers for regular Facebook Page posts?
2. How can I track engagement on posts published in Facebook Groups?
3. Does Meta Business Suite provide these metrics for both, or do Group posts need to be tracked separately?
4. Is there a way to see reactions, comments, shares, clicks, and reach for both post types?

I'm looking for a reliable method to compare their performance without missing metrics or double-counting engagement.

What method or tool do you use to track this accurately? Any practical guidance would be appreciated.

platform：Twitter
trying todo：grow my followers

各位朋友大家好！想问问大家，我在X现在有3000粉丝，有没有什么比较好的增长方法，让我到达一万粉丝

我感觉我的涨粉速度很慢，我的账号的定位，应该是什么都发有时候发ai，有时候发感想

感谢各位解答！！

I work remotely from the Philippines and want to stay updated on what’s happening in California. What memes, TikTok trends, viral videos, or local topics are people talking about right now? Any subreddits, accounts, or pages you recommend following?

I have a lot of followers and a social media manager. I recently tasked her with trying to sort through my followers to make lists based on how many followers they have. Her solution was to suggest I pay to have my own Instagram scraped. I feel like...this can't be the answer. I feel like there should be a social media management app (paid is fine) that would let you sort through your followers - something like filter by > followers > over 50,000 or something like that. Help???

I was finally starting to get momentum and get past 300 views and then my last two videos got 20-30 views.

I understand not every video is going to be successful, but usually they get about 200 by default. Why are my last two stalling out at a fraction of that? Anybody else have an issue like this?

Hi,

I manage executive and company social accounts, and I often download and cut down clips from podcasts and other broadcast interviews to share on clients’ X and LinkedIn accounts. Most of my clients have been fairly comfortable with the (perceived) low risk of doing so without explicit permission and have asked me to follow this same "process" for speed or were already doing this.

However, I’m now working with more risk-averse clients, and I’m trying to figure out the right approach to be consistent. A few questions for anyone who has navigated this:

• Do you reach out to each outlet (Bloomberg, etc.) for permission before posting interview clips?
• Is there a difference between leveraging material for organic and paid use?
• Some clients also want to use photos that outlets take during interviews or shoots, including the New York Times. How do you handle those?
• Do you just reach out to each outlet have its own licensing or permissions contact? I reached out to the NYT for licensing of a video they created of my client's products via their online form but never heard back. Is it best to ask the producer who booked the interview, or are they usually not the right person for this? Is there a lead time to expect? Typically, my clients want to post right away. When we line these interviews up, should we ask the producers to route us for permissions in advance?
• Do outlets actually care when a company or executive shares an interview clip organically? I understand the concern with photos taken by an outlet's photographer or a video of b-roll created, for example, but when the clip is simply the executive speaking and sharing from their channel, is it treated differently?
• For some clients, where it makes sense, I repost the outlet’s content or link to clips hosted on the outlet’s site instead of uploading them natively. But most content isn’t available in a shareable format from the outlet, and links and reposts typically underperform native video on LinkedIn and X.

Thanks in advance for the advice!

I started posting five days ago. Several early videos reached around 100k-200k views, almost entirely from For You views (99%+)
Here is the progression of views from video to video over the last couple days since I made the account:
150k -> 150k -> 55k -> 200k -> 75k -> !! 390 !! -> 11k -> !! 24 !!

One reached 390 views, with 99.5% from my profile and less than 0.1% from For You.

The next reached 11k views, with 96.4% from For You

The newest had just 25 views after roughly 1 hour. Traffic sources aren't available yet but I am pretty confident that this one has no For You views as well.

All the other successful videos have 95%+ of views from For You

I haven't found any For You ineligibility warnings or account notices. Everything was posted through Buffer, including the successful videos. I am confident that this can't be explained by a drop in quality.

Has anyone experienced this? How did you figure out whether it was a review/restriction issue or something else?