My frustrations as a creator. (please feel free to share yours too)

You have to pay to extend your reach. No way around it. Anyone you see now with big numbers pay for it.

Have you / or anyone read or have ChatGPT read the T&S you be surprised how much we didn’t have before the merge. So it sucks to say it’s nothing really new it’s just now being for visible. Just this morning I was streaming on TT Pragmata the last few days and got flagged for unoriginal content like what!!! So unfortunate, if you/we dont like it we gotta find another option.

My account just blew up in the last couple of months. I’m not paying, so I don’t think that’s the key. I recently had a video go viral on both TikTok and Instagram. What seems to be key for me is creating searchable content. A consistent formula has helped too- I know that people recognize my videos when they see them right away.

I feel you 100%. TikTok has turned into a straight-up greedy platform. It’s basically “pay to play” now - if you’re not running ads or buying promotion, your videos get buried and shown to almost no one. Organic reach is dead unless you’re already huge or posting 5+ times a day with perfect trends. I used to get decent views as a small creator too, now it’s the same story: 10–30 views and then nothing. Without spending money, the algorithm barely gives your content a chance. It sucks especially for freelancers like you doing audio engineering. The platform used to be great for niche creators, now it feels like they only want to promote people who pay. Have you tried posting at different times or using different hashtags? Curious if anything has worked for you lately.

my videos get about 20-30k views and then poof. nothing after a week. i release some that stay stuck at 500 max. i dont play the algorithm game