Moving the link to the first comment: +2.3x reach

Moving the link to the first comment: +2.3x reach
Ran this on a 4,800-follower account for 21 days. Hypothesis: Threads suppresses posts with an outbound link in the body.

Test: 20 posts with the link in the body, 20 with the link auto-dropped into the first comment via Metricool's first-comment feature.

— Body-link posts: 1,100 median views
— First-comment posts: 2,530 median views (+2.3x)
— Click-through fell only 18%, so net clicks rose

Standout feature: Metricool schedules the comment to fire seconds after publish, no manual step. Annoying limitation: it occasionally posts the comment before the main post fully propagates, so it lands out of order maybe 1 in 25 times.

Verdict: the first-comment trick is real and Metricool automates it cleanly. Worth it. Threads scheduling is in the 18 dollar tier.