'Support small creators' reels are getting annoying

For some reason it’s all I see if I start scrolling... You know the ones: “Let’s support small creators! I want to hit 10k by the end of the month 🥺”
Like, am I supposed to follow you out of pity? Because I feel bad scrolling past?

I don’t know, I find the whole thing a little off-putting. Rather than constantly asking strangers to help you reach a follower milestone, why not channel that energy into actually creating content that makes people WANT to follow you?

Find your creative style. Idk if I’m too rude but most people’s content is so boring. Like how many grwm or how many mom creators can there be??!! And their all posting the same stuff 😭

Follower count isn’t necessarily a reflection of talent, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with supporting small creators. But I wouldn’t want my own followers to just be followers because I kept begging people to follow and reach ”my goal” it’ s not sustainable.

Imo work hard for your followers!!! Be creative and try to stand out and don’t just jump on every single trending sound or challenge. Anyone else feel this way out there or am I being unnecessarily harsh lol

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3vibe•2 days ago•5

It's best to go back to online communities without as much media and vanity metrics. The human race would become smarter within one month.

themellowverse•2 days ago•2

It's true. And most of the time these accounts are already relatively big 🤷‍♀️

VladMnu•2 days ago•1

You are not being too harsh. Asking for a follow is fine once in a while, but when the whole video is the ask, there is nothing to follow for. The creators who grow from this usually show one clear thing they do well first, and the milestone comes second.

sweetnsourale•2 days ago•1

The solution is simple: stop engaging with the post. Use the feature in the app that signals “less content like this”. And then look up something you want to see and like a bunch of videos on the topic.

The next time you see it, mute/block the influencers who post it (you probably interacted with their content before) and move on.

sugarstarbeam•2 days ago•1

Reels are trash

Away_Literature_6038•1 day ago•1

Those types of posts also generally turn into follow for follow, so it's not a good strategy at all. Just make content that has a unique perspective, offers value and that makes people want to follow, it's that simple but people are lazy.

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Impressive-Pie-5464•about 24 hours ago•1

Some of the begging is a little out of hand, but thats also a problem with youtube pushing the big manufactured channels that people click on first. Like I was looking for a review of an old movie and for the first 6-7 pages it was those horrible channels that get free tickets, like collider etc, you know the ones that just wont go away. Then scrolling further I got to the good channels, one dude on his own reviewing a movie he paid to see himself. Thats what youtube is supposed to be about. I found 2 of the best channels I sub to on the 6th or 7th page of a search. Keep scrolling down guys.

TaskLemonade•about 2 hours ago•1

Agreed 100%, as a marketer for small businesses I would NEVER have my clients post something like that. It doesn’t look good on the brand.
Plus; having ten thousand pity follows that would never engage with your content actually hurts you. Having a hundred followers that engage and buy is better.

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