u/teenbutnotmean

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Mine was posting frequency.

I genuinely believed that posting every single day was the key.

Heard it everywhere.

Followed it religiously for 5 months.

Burned out.

Content quality dropped.

Reach stayed flat.

Switched to 4 times a week with actual thought behind each post.

Reach doubled within 3 weeks.

The daily posting rule made me consistent at producing average content.

Slowing down made me consistent at producing good content.

Other myths I wasted time on:

Hashtags will get you discovered.

Best posting time is the secret.

If views drop you are shadowbanned.

Follower count determines income.

All of them sounded logical.

None of them actually moved the needle.

The stuff that actually worked was boring:

Strong hook.

Good retention.

Content worth sharing.

Showing up as a real person, not a content machine.

What is the biggest myth you followed before the data proved it wrong?

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I want to talk about this because I don't think it's getting enough attention.

Since March 2026 there have been multiple reports of TikTok's backend doing something genuinely strange.

Videos stuck at 0 views for hours with no explanation. Content not loading. Uploads going through but getting zero distribution. FYP feeds freezing or showing the same videos on repeat.

And TikTok's response to all of it has been almost nothing.

They acknowledged at some point that they had made "significant progress" fixing an issue. Which tells you there was an issue worth acknowledging. But the communication before that point was basically silence.

Here's what bothers me most about how this played out.

During those weeks when the platform was clearly having backend problems, thousands of creators were in communities like this one panicking about shadowbans.

Deleting videos. Taking breaks. Changing their content. Convinced they had done something wrong.

Some of them probably did take the break, came back when the issue had quietly resolved on TikTok's end, and genuinely believed the break is what fixed it.

It wasn't. The platform just started working again.

But they'll carry that lesson forward forever. "Taking a 2 week break fixed my shadowban." And they'll tell other people that. And those people will do it too.

This is what happens when a platform with a billion users refuses to communicate clearly about its own technical problems.

Real people make real decisions based on bad information because the actual information was never given to them.

If your views dropped in the last 6 weeks and you still don't know why, genuinely consider that it might not have been you at all.

Sometimes the platform just breaks and doesn't tell anyone.

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This honestly makes zero sense to me.

I’ve had a tech channel since 2022 with around 18k subscribers. Upload schedule was inconsistent but not terrible. Videos usually get 1k to 5k views now.

Last month I randomly started a second channel in a different niche just to test the youtube shorts algorithm and somehow that brand new account is exploding faster than my main.

New channel stats:

* 14 uploads total

* 620 subscribers already

* one short at 84k

* another long form got 11k views from browse

Meanwhile my old channel barely gets impressions anymore.

Now I’m wondering if older channels get “stuck” somehow because I keep seeing people ask:

* why my new youtube channel is not growing

* how many videos before youtube recommends you

* how long does youtube take to find your audience

but for me it’s literally the opposite.

Also weird thing:

my old channel has better editing, higher retention and better thumbnails. Yet YouTube keeps pushing the newer one harder.

Has anyone else had a fresh channel outperform an older established one for no obvious reason?

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This sounds backwards but my TikTok followers actually started growing faster once I stopped chasing trends every single day. My videos got fewer views overall, but the people who did watch seemed to follow more often because the content felt more consistent. Now I’m wondering if smaller creators spend too much time trying to go viral instead of building an audience that actually sticks around. Curious what worked best for everyone else here.

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I always assumed using trending audio was necessary for Instagram reach, but recently a few of my reels using original sound actually performed better than the ones following trends. The engagement also felt more genuine instead of random views with no interaction. Now I’m questioning how important trending audio really is anymore.

Are creators still seeing major advantages from trending sounds on Instagram, or is strong content starting to matter more than audio choice again?

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Let me get this straight.

They spent the last 3 years slowly destroying organic reach for creators. Pushed everyone toward paid promotion. Made the algorithm so unpredictable that even experienced creators cannot figure it out.

And now they are selling courses and creator programs teaching you how to grow organically on the same platform they deliberately broke.

The audacity is actually impressive.

They created the problem. Packaged the solution. And now want you to pay for both.

Meanwhile creators are burning out trying to crack a system that is designed to keep them confused and dependent.

Is anyone else done pretending this platform has creators best interest at heart?

I am from india . PM doesnt accept upi . Idk how am I supposed to get dollars to invest in polymarket . Any Indians pls guide me

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One thing that confuses me about Instagram right now is how inconsistent reach feels even with a decent follower count. Some posts barely reach followers, while others randomly get pushed out wider for no clear reason.

It almost feels like follower numbers don’t mean as much as they used to because every post starts from zero again.

Do you still see followers as important for steady growth on Instagram, or has reach become too unpredictable to rely on audience size anymore?

Saw someone say that rewatching your own YouTube videos from different accounts can help push them, but it sounds a bit off to me. Does this actually do anything or can it hurt the channel in the long run? Has anyone tested this and seen real results or is it just a myth people keep repeating? Trying to understand what actually works vs what just sounds like a hack

But I can't go alone . I have no one with whom I can go . So I was thinking that is there any sangh which will go to girnar in month of July ? And I also needed a company from anyone !

I had arjuna 2.0 batch but I couldn't watch it. So in Feb I started watching it but I realised I can't complete portions like this . So wt should I do to complete portions . Which method I should follow ?