The Context-Placement Decision

The Context-Placement Decision
Put the setup in the caption or pin it as the first comment? Algorithm vs clarity tradeoff.

□ 1. Reach check — long captions can dampen reach on some platforms; a tight caption plus context in the first comment keeps the post clean.
□ 2. Hook test — the caption must hook in 2 lines; offload links, credits, and the long explanation to the comment.
□ 3. Engagement seed — your own pinned first comment starts the thread and lifts the comment count early.
□ 4. QA pass — post the comment within 30s so it's pinned before others reply.

Tradeoff: caption = instant context, first comment = clean post + engagement seeding.

Run it on every post.