r/socialmedia

Here’s where I’m at:
• I only have about 2 days to prepare.
• I use an iPhone SE, and the camera isn’t the best anymore.
• I also have an iPad and a really old Android phone.
• I have almost no experience creating reels.
• My editing skills are very basic, and I’m still making a lot of mistakes.
The one thing I do think I’m good at is aesthetics. I have a good eye for composition, colors, and the overall vibe of photos and videos. I can usually tell what looks visually appealing, but translating that into actual content is where I’m struggling.
Part of me wants to just apply anyway and learn as I go. Another part of me feels like I’m being delusional and should wait until I’m actually skilled.
Has anyone here started with almost no experience? Should I apply anyway, or would I just be wasting everyone’s time?
I’d really appreciate any tips for learning restaurant content quickly or advice from people who’ve been in a similar situation.

Do you need to have a business bank account? Or is a personal bank account just fine to receive money from social media?

So obviously you need posts already, but look at a few of your recent posts and most popular ones and check what times you posted.

If you see the times you posted got more engagement post there and look at when you get those engagement, estimate it and post from there as well. Like, you posted at 1:30PM and you found that you got get engagement like an hour or 2 after you posted, post closer to those times.

I don’t know, just trying to help since it is about the content for the most part. Also, social media is random and about luck. But try it out, and tell me if it works

Running an agency that manages ad accounts across Meta, TikTok and Google for around 30 clients. Accounts are high value so trust score matters more than raw volume. Been using Bright Data's mobile proxies for the past 2 years and now with them closing that side of the business, need to move to something else before month end.

Comparing Decodo, Voidmob and Soax so far. Anyone here with recent experience on these for ad account infrastructure specifically? Not scraping, not sneakers, just clean mobile IPs where the account don't get flagged as suspicious.

Requirements:

Real mobile carrier IPs, low fraud score on IPQS / Scamalytics

Solid ISP and geo selection (need US, UK, DE, FR at minimum)

Sticky sessions long enough to keep an account logged in for a work day

Reliable customer support since this is client work

Open to other providers if there is some hidden gems. Residential is not interesting.

Thanks!

Would you like it YouTube introduced GIFs or photo attachments in the comments?

The same way they have it on Instagram, (somewhat) Facebook and (mostly) Reddit.

Why or why not?

Just what the title says.

Why do we not have the ability to port from company to company (or conglomerate-to-conglomerate) ?

Meta is bigger than AT&T was at its' peak, and we have the ability to port phone numbers between phone carriers.

Am I crazy or has the time come for this?

For those who have launched or been part of early-stage social media apps, may I know how did you find your first alpha users? My app might not be mainstream as it doesn't allow much editing and doesn't allow media upload unless the photo was taken through in-app camera (to eliminate AI-generated content). However, we have in-app library so users can store photos privately instead of posting immediately. We are also putting timestamp on each post to act as proof of authenticity and to give the nostalgic vibe.

The responses was mixed. Generally, people like the idea but some can't accept the little editing feature, some said sound like BeReal, which was fair enough as I wasn't comfortable to reveal other features few months back.

I am not trying to seek for feedback on the idea itself here, just genuinely curious how others have found like-minded early testers other than friends and families. Any advice appreciated!

Imagine you're creating the next big social platform. If a new social media platform launched tomorrow, what ONE feature would make you switch instantly?

[REQUEST] Looking for Someone to Help Promote My Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament on TikTok

I'm organizing an online Yu-Gi-Oh tournament and I'm looking for someone who can help create and/or post a TikTok promoting it.

I want to be transparent: I can't pay upfront right now. I'm looking for someone willing to work with me and accept payment after the tournament or once funds become available.

If you're interested, please send me:

- Examples of your TikTok content or previous work

- Whether you can create the video, post it, or both

- The amount you'd expect to be paid later

I understand this arrangement isn't for everyone, but if you're willing to work with me, I'd really appreciate it. Feel free to comment or send me a DM.

For a while I didn’t even clock that this was happening. I’d scroll through people’s pages and start comparing my own relationships (friendships, family, romantic, whatever) to what I was seeing online. Like why doesn’t my friend group look as close as theirs, why don’t I get tagged in stuff like that, why does my relationship not look like that.

Eventually I realized most of what I was comparing myself to wasn’t even real, just the highlight reel version people choose to post. But by the time I figured that out I’d already started resenting people close to me for things that honestly weren’t their fault, just me measuring us against some curated version of other people’s lives.

Took a while to unlearn that. Stopped scrolling as much and started actually just being present with the people I already had instead of measuring them against strangers online.

Curious if anyone else went through something similar, and how you snapped out of it.

Learned this one the hard way a few months into managing social for a client.

I used to batch everything, send like 5-6 posts at once for approval, then wait. Problem is clients don’t look at it right away. So it sits for 3-4 days, then they finally open it and want changes on half of them, and now I’m scrambling to fix everything the night before stuff’s supposed to go up.

Switched to sending one piece at a time instead of batching. Also started attaching a deadline to it, something like “posting this Thursday, let me know by Wednesday if you want changes, otherwise it’s going up as is.” Sounds small but it completely changed the dynamic. No more sitting in approval limbo, no more last minute scrambles.

Only downside is it takes more discipline on my end to actually stay ahead and send things with enough lead time. But way better trade than losing a week to revisions every month.

I have been thinking about this a lot lately and wanted to see what others are experiencing.

A lot of people say you should post consistently on social media to get clients or orders especially on platforms like Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok. So I started trying that and kept posting regularly

The content gets views and some engagement but I am not really seeing it turn into actual clients or inquiries yet.

It makes me wonder if I am missing something in how I am presenting my work or if it just takes much longer than expected for people to actually trust and reach out.

Has anyone here actually started getting real clients or orders just from posting content or focusing on how to gain real followers instagram?

What changed for you when it finally started working?

My X account was permanently suspended for "inauthentic behavior." For the past 33 days, I had only been documenting my progress in Striver's 45 Day SDE Sheet Challenge by posting screenshots of solved coding problems and brief learnings. I never used bots, automation, follower services, or bought engagement.

I submitted an appeal explaining this, but about 10 to 15 minutes later I received an email saying the suspension would not be overturned. What's confusing is that when I try to submit another appeal, the website says:

"Your original case is already in the queue. Please wait to hear back from us on the original case."

Has anyone experienced something similar? Did your account eventually get restored, or is there any other legitimate way to request a manual review? I understand the sub rules say this isn't a help desk, but I'm only seeking advice.

I see a lot of people make money on instagram ie selling websites, ai faceless reels, etc. and I was wondering how full these markets are. Are they too oversaturated to make money? These all feel kind of similar to dropshipping and people definitely made money on it but those are the ones who got in it early. Thoughts?

I bought a X account with around 2.3K followers and completely rebranded it. The old followers are from a totally different niche. It’s been about a week now.
Here’s what’s confusing me:
My replies often get 500 to 1K views and decent engagement.
I even gained around 20 new followers.
But my original tweets barely get 20 to 50 impressions initially, and after 2 to 3 days they only reach around 150 impressions with almost no likes or replies.
At the same time, I see accounts with just 20 to 30 followers getting 500 to 700 impressions and 20 to 30 likes on simple tweets.
I have even bought premium, but still no improvement .
Is there something else I’m missing?

Ps: my goal is not to get paid from my X account. I just need to have a good views and likes in my tweets. Thats it

I've been managing social media for a while now and now it feels like every platform wants something completely different.

One week it's short videos then it's carousels then someone says posting less gets better reach every time I think I've figured something out it feels like the rules change again.

The other night I was scrolling on my phone looking at accounts in my niche and I noticed the posts I actually stopped to read weren't the ones that looked the most polished they were the ones that felt like someone was sharing a real opinion or experience instead of trying to game the algorithm. It made me wonder if I've been spending too much time chasing what I think the platform wants instead of making content that people would care about even if there wasn't an algorithm involved.

Has anyone else started shifting back toward that mindset or is it just me?

Hi! I barely use TikTok to be honest but Ive seen that’s where I usually get more views and interactions. I upload a video like once a month and yesterday it was time for a new one, they’re usually music production oriented. Out of the blue I got 0 views for an entire day. I was thinking “maybe the algorithm has to catch up so Ill check it later”. I checked it again a few minutes ago and it’s still in zero views. I deleted it and uploaded the thing again with different hashtags and so far no luck.

I have read a couple of threads on this matter but most of them don’t apply to me. I rarely use TikTok, if not NEVER. I only open it when someone sends me a video, when I get a comment or a like or when I want to upload something, which I also do with my insta account. If I got shadowbanned I legitimately wonder why since I never share, like, comment or save anything at all because I don’t use it. I dont think it’s as hollow as “Its because you don’t interact with the app enough”. I can access the video on different devices but the views dont get registered. Also, absolutely none of my videos so far have AI in any way shape or form.

My girlfriend is also experiencing this, but she’s not getting 0 views like me, but more like from 1K views in a day it went down to like 10. Anyone else experiencing this? I really dont know the reason.

Just started yesterday but getting no followers. Ive been posting and commenting lots

It's my first time on X and I want to grow a decent following

I'm learning both skills and want to start freelancing, but most clients seem to ask for experience or a portfolio. How did you get your first client, and what worked for you? Any mistakes I should avoid?

They're different niches, but I think they overlap because both are ultimately about identity, perception, and how you build your life.

From a follower and monetization perspective, would you follow someone who covers both, or would it make the brand feel unfocused?

Have you seen creators successfully combine these topics, or is it generally better to keep them separate?