I just made a new Instagram account so I could pursue my astrophotography (and other random photos) hobby. I already posted 5 very nice photos within the first hour of seeing up my new account.
That was yesterday and I’ve noticed that despite the photos and the hashtags I’ve only gotten 2 likes on 2 of the 5 images I posted and I’ve had no profile views so far.
If I had posted on tiktok I would gotten alot of views and likes within minutes of posting. But to have nearly no likes and no views at all after hours later.
It gets really discouraging. Is there something I’m not doing? I try to use hashtags that are really active and use as many a I can but I find that no matter how many hashtags I use it won’t make a difference.
Any one have advice how I can increase my chances of actually getting decent views/likes quickly and start growing my following?
serious responses only please
Whoever came up with the idea of vertical video (particularly with large crop bars) was an idiot. Humans have two eyes side by side horizontally, not vertically.
Vertical video surpassed horizontal in hours watched back in like 2016.
By 2019 only a fraction of mobile users were still rotating their phones.
Square and unconventional aspect ratios have been used in cinema for years now as well.
Vertical video wasn’t created by an idiot, it was inevitable.