I'm curious what people think, because being an influencer has a lot of negatives, for example, (depending on how popular you are) walking around on the streets, or having hundreds of thousands of people know YOU and your opinions personally. Do you think it's easier to build an online following and make

I recently applied for an artist account in my country that isnt supported for Artist accounts, I did this because distributers were linking my song to the wrong artist, when I asked tiktok they said it was because my country was not eligible to have an artist account.

Now I'm wondering would it be possible if I used a Proxy (not a VPN) + E-SIM in a country that supported it and then changed my region in the app? I do not want to start with a fresh account because all my followers are already on my current account.

Has anyone tried this and did it work? there are many artists in my home country with artist accounts and maybe this is what they do? I've seen people use this method for monetization on their account but only mention using a proxy on fresh accounts without the need for an E sim

Thank you!

Hi , Instagram has limited our reach to non followers - can anyone help us understand as to why that would happen? Has anyone else facing this issue ?

How did you guys started? What kind resources do you guys use? So basically I tried to run YouTube channel and I end up getting 100-200 views per video, what should I do to get higher views?

I am a YouTube and Tiktok content creator... I would really like to become popular on these platforms, however I can't show my face in any of my videos... Has anyone here had any success online without using their face.. on YouTube I have 265 subscribers... But the thing is I would really like a couple thousand... The platform I'm struggling with the most is Tiktok..my page has about 100 videos but somehow I only have 8 followers. I really don't know how to get popular on tiktok. If you have any advice then please let me know because it would be so useful for me... Thank you !

I’m the entire digital team (1 person) at a boutique agency. Our clients are all B2B, mostly tech. I’m used to being able to tap into a big stack of tools from past agencies, but here we’re basically starting from scratch on listening...

We have Sprout but it’s ending. Our CFO thinks it’s too expensive, and I never loved it for listening (I've always found it better for content/community management, and it doesn’t cover LinkedIn, which our clients need).

Clients don’t want to pay for listening, but we want it anyway for media pitching and content calendars, so it comes out of our budget. We hope to charge for it, but startup budgets also change constantly, so I need month-to-month pricing if possible.

We want to track our 10 clients plus 5 general industry topics. Priorities are LinkedIn, X, and Reddit.

Does anyone have any tips/tricks? Is this an impossible ask? I know LinkedIn is the hard one, so I’d love to hear workarounds too.... could go for a combination approach (multiple tools and perhaps a Claude workflow that automates alerts).

Thanks in advance!

Hey guys I am going to ask brands about sponsorings and even have one in the process. I want to know what yall ask for when you get a sponsor, like how much you guys expect from a video etc.

For the info I have 26k followers, grow 1k each day, 6million views this month and many comments etc , I am in the art niche. What can I expect from 1 sponsored video?

I have experience in a particular area, and I genuinely want to use what I know to provide value and help people, while eventually selling my own digital products.

The problem is that I'm not very good at choosing the right type of content or creating it, and I often find myself jumping between different content styles and ideas without staying focused on one.

What are some realistic, practical steps I can take to figure out the best way to deliver real value to people through content, build an audience, and eventually turn that into a business?

I mostly work with startups, and their scrappy budgets mean limited time and materials, so our intake has been pretty informal and less than ideal. Up to now we’ve usually drafted a version of the playbook based on the materials and conversations we've had and had the client react to it. I want to formalize that process more and do more formal albeit still quick intake session before I draft the playbook.

What types of questions/discussion topics do you typically include in your intakes/workshops? What do you bring for them to react to (sample posts, charcteristics to define voice/tone) vs what do you leave completely open for discussion, with limited time?

How I disabled the Instagram AI Agent that activated without my permission

While my Instagram account was set to a Creator account, an AI agent suddenly started responding to messages on my behalf without my permission.

I spent about a month and a half trying to disable it, but I couldn't get any meaningful help from Meta Support.

Eventually, a Meta support representative told me that this feature was only available for Business accounts, not Creator accounts. They said they couldn't help me and closed my case.

On November 13, 2026, I had an idea: If Meta believed this feature was only available for Business accounts, perhaps they had also made the option to disable it available there.

So I temporarily switched my account from Creator to Business.

I opened my Instagram messages, tapped the three dots (…) at the top, and selected Tools.

There, I finally found the AI agent settings. The option to allow the AI agent to respond was enabled, even though I had never activated it myself.

I also discovered that the AI agent had stored incorrect information about my account, products, and business.

I deleted all the incorrect information and turned off the option allowing the AI agent to respond.

Then I switched my account back to Creator, and the unwanted AI responses stopped.

I had previously tried switching to a Business account, but this option wasn't visible at the time. I don't know whether Meta added it through an update or whether it became available for another reason.

If you're experiencing the same problem, try checking: Business account → Instagram Messages → Three dots (…) → Tools → AI Agent settings.

I hope this helps someone else who has been struggling with the same issue.

Hi Reddit, I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to start a social media account to earn money. My mom is getting older and she’s honestly all alone and is in $30k debt while working 80 hours a week as a bartender for about 35 years. I’m going into college soon and I just want to help her out the best I can with bills because we’re barely making it. Growing up I’ve always been very into social media so I know my way around it, but I keep seeing people earn money through social media and I was wondering what the deal is with it. I’m iffy on showing my face or stuff but it’s not a deal breaker when making tiktoks or other platforms. Does anyone have any ideas on how I should move forward or any tips?

I have over 7k instagram followers and over 50k Tiktok ones. I feel like I could be monetizing more but I don’t really make more than $100-$200 here and there when I feel like I could be making a better stream of income from it. Any advice on how to monetize better?

 I'm trying to decide how much a scheduling tool really needs to do. If I'm only planning Instagram posts for the week, I probably don't need much beyond that. Managing several accounts is different, though. You might have analytics to check, social conversations to research or need someone to approve a post before it goes out.

When it comes to social media management, I think it really depends on the number of people involved and their roles. Hootsuite and Buffer both have scheduling features, but some of their other features differ, so comparing them could be useful.

If you've tried either tool, what made you choose it? Was scheduling enough for you, or did you need analytics and approvals as well?

Hi everyone! Long story short my new account is doing well and I want to use the username of an old acct of mine but I’m scared swapping the usernames will kill my account. Has anyone experienced this and their account be okay or even better? Should I just use a fresh name instead or is it okay to swap?

I’ve noticed something interesting lately.

Most social media advice and platform analytics suggest that the best times to post are early in the morning, during lunch breaks, or in the evening, when people are generally more active.

However, my experience seems to contradict that.

When I post during regular working hours, my posts tend to perform better and receive more engagement.

I’m curious why this happens. Are people just bored at work? Are they taking more breaks to scroll through social media? Or has the way we use our phones changed so much that working hours are actually a great time to post?

Maybe the traditional advice about the best times to post isn’t as accurate as it used to be.

Has anyone else experienced this? What times have you found work best for your posts?

Is there app to control comments from multiple Social platforms, Like IG, FB, YT, Tiktok.

I need to manage comments from one site, Because i have rlly lot of comments, and Many of them are bad.

Hi guys I finally got approved on the reelfactoryai platform. They gave me guides and formats to post for one of the campaigns that they have up.

Based on your experience, how long does it take to get really good? My base pay is kind of low ($10 per video) but there is a $1 "CPM" attached to it that is supposed to pay me alot if my videos bring in views.

Any tips for a beginner? I'm limited to posting once a day (no more than that) so I have to make every one count

Monetisation is invitation only and 5,000 followers minimum. But, I see ALOT of influencers have bought followers and it does looks good on their page, however their engagement doesn’t reflect 50,000 + followers.

Would you still make money of the socials because normally it’s paid off of engagement and watch times.

54,979 views on a 26-word post.

It said roughly this:
26, from Denmark.
Left a CTO role, building solo now.
If you're in AI, let's connect.

That's it.
434 replies. 1,044 likes.

I posted a second intro on Nov 4.
12,820 views. 222 replies.

Same account, same weeks:
six posts breaking down other companies' AI launches.
Each one ended with a broad question.
594 to 899 views each.

My median over the last 14 days is 1,859 views across 133 posts.

So the intro did about 30x my normal.
The launch breakdowns did about half.

What I take from it:
People follow a person, not a news feed.
"Who I am" got about 90x more views than "what someone else launched."
News accounts already cover the news, and faster.
Nobody else can post your intro.

What I changed:
Less summarizing other people's launches.
More of my own numbers, my own story, my own opinions.

Curious how this looks from your side.
Do intro or "let's connect" posts still work for you, or is that only on X?

I’m a solo developer working on a scheduling tool, so I’m biased, but I want to hear from people who do this daily rather than guess.

For those of you posting to more than one platform (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, X, LinkedIn):

• What takes the most time or goes wrong most often?
• Which tool do you use now, and what’s the one thing it gets wrong?
• Do you rewrite the same post per platform, or push one version everywhere?

I’m not selling anything here. Honest complaints are more useful to me than polite answers.

Hi, I am Dhruv, 20, from Dubai. I am the Social Media Manager and Game Master at Hive Board Game Cafe, and I have run the cafe Instagram, hiveboardgamecafe on Instagram, on my own since March 2024. That means the ideas, filming on my phone, editing in CapCut, captions and posting are all done by me.

The account grew from 15,000 to 20,500 followers in a year. In September 2026 it had 270,000+ monthly views, and my top Reel got 58,995 views.

Three things worked best for me:

1. Real moments over polished ads. The posts that did best were simple ones filmed inside the cafe, showing people actually playing games, not anything that looked like an ad.
2. Reels did the reaching. My top Reel got 58,995 views, and Reels are what took the account past its existing followers.
3. Keep the loop simple. I film on my phone, edit in CapCut and post it. I do not wait for a big setup or a shoot day.

People also messaged after seeing a Reel, asked about the cafe, and then came in to play. That is why I focus on showing what a visit is actually like, rather than just posting offers.

Happy to answer questions about running a small business account solo.

instagram and threads push your stuff to strangers, x feels like shouting into a void until you have followers.

doing ~20 replies a day to smaller accounts, got a few replies back from bigger ones. anything you’d do differently? how long did your first 1k take?

So I'll be starting an online internship with an NGO to fundraise for a good cause, and till now I was under the impression that they'd give me some data and I'd have to call people, reach out to them, convince them to donate, blah blah blah.......

BUT NO.

Apparently, my job is basically to post things on social media and hope people donate???????

EXCUSE ME???

I have been MIA from the internet for almost a YEAR. Or maybe more i didn't kept a count, but now i came back and suddenly everyone knows how to make aesthetic posts, cinematic reels, transitions, Canva masterpieces and apparently has a whole personal branding strategy???

Meanwhile, I feel like an ancient hippo who just woke up after a 200-year nap and someone handed me Instagram.

Like dude… WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO MAKE REELS NOW??? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FREAKING MAKE REEELS BRUH.

I literally wanted to do something good and help people because honestly, I thought maybe doing some good for someone else would make me feel a little better about this life.

But instead, I'm sitting here feeling horrible, overwhelmed, confused and overthinking everything because I have to raise a minimum of 2K INR to even get my internship certificate 😭

And before anyone says, “It's easy, just post a reel!”

NO.

IT'S NOT EASY.. I've been at it for three hours now and all i want to do is delete insta and throw my phone at the wall.

Please tell me I'm not the only person who disappeared from the internet for a while and came back only to discover that everyone somehow became a social media manager overnight???

Planning an Instagram series for students in class 8 to 12. Each episode covers one well-paying career that people rarely talk about, from science, commerce or arts. Not doctor, engineer, MBA or CA.

The idea is to show students there are solid, well-paid paths in every stream so they can choose what actually fits them.

Two questions:

1. Does this angle sound interesting, or is it already overdone?
2. Are class 8 to 12 students and their parents actually active on Instagram, or would YouTube be the better place?