"Post daily or the algorithm forgets you" — nope Believed this, burned out posting 7 garbage Reels a week. Reach actually shrank — I was training the system on mid content. Dropped to 3 Reels a week, …
Myth: "follow for more" CTAs boost growth I used to slap "follow for part 2" on everything. Tested 10 with the CTA, 10 without. The CTA versions had WORSE completion — that text + voice ask in the las…
"Delete flops, they hurt your account" — false Old advice that won't die. People archive every sub-1k Reel thinking it drags the algorithm. I left 30 flops up for 2 months on purpose. New Reels still …
Myth: longer watch time = better. Watch RATE is the king I chased long Reels for total watch minutes. A 60s Reel at 35% retention got buried. A 9s Reel at 90% with replays got pushed to 60k. The machi…
"You got shadowbanned" — no, your hook just sucked Every time a Reel flops people scream shadowban. I thought I was banned for a week. Reach was 200 a post. Reality check I ran: posted a totally new h…
"30 hashtags = more reach" — tested, it's a lie Split 20 of my own Reels: half with 20-30 tags, half with zero. Reach difference: basically noise. The zero-tag ones did slightly better, probably becau…
