The "scaling cliff" (the spend level where CPA suddenly blows up) isn't a wall in the algorithm. It's usually YOU outrunning your creative and audience pool.
You didn't hit a Meta ceiling. You saturated your one good audience with your three good ads.
What's actually happening at the "cliff":
— Frequency creeps past 2.5-3 in your core audience
— Same 3 creatives, now fatigued
— You scaled spend but not INPUTS
Fix:
— Add fresh creative angles BEFORE you raise budget, not after
— Open new audiences (broad, lookalikes) to widen the pool
— Scale inputs and spend together, not spend alone
The cliff moves when you feed it. Test more creative before blaming the algo.
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"There's a hard scaling cliff. Past it, accounts just break."
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