Somewhere along the way, “make something people care about” got replaced with “reverse-engineer a slot machine.” Learning how social media algorithms work for creators starts to mean a second unpaid job: professional guesser. Meanwhile, the draft you actually liked is still sitting in your camera roll. Here’s the short version. You can’t control every ranking wiggle. You can control the content you make, the connections … Continue reading Stop Trying to Crack the Algorithm: What Creators Should Focus on Instead