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Why are carousels better than reels on Instagram?
Well, carousels might not get as many views as a video, however, they make it way easier to sell.
"How so?"
Calls to action (CTAs) on carousels don't affect reach as much because the first few slides are way more important than the last one.
Meaning that you can offer your stuff on every single post.
Unlike reels, where CTAs strongly reduce average view time, and therefore, views.
So if you want to start making sales and stop chasing vanity metrics, focus on carousels, not reels.
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Here's how to grow on LinkedIn (the easy way).
LinkedIn gives you a certain amount of weekly connections. The strategy?
Use them all.
Yes, LinkedIn recommends you avoid connecting with people you don't know, but if you want to grow fast, you've got to connect, connect, and connect.
Why?
The algorithm strongly favours accounts with more followers, so more followers equals more views.
It's not a meritocracy like contra, where good content gets views regardless of follower count.
So yeah, just connect with people who like competitors' posts. That's it, really simple.
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ENTROPY — Where humanity's greatest art dies, evolves, and becomes something never seen before.
Every click cracks the canvas. Every scroll melts the paint. Every hover chars the surface. When the art dies, AI absorbs the chaos you created and births something entirely new — shaped by your unique behavior.
No two visitors see the same thing. No moment can be revisited.
Built for #FigmaMakeathon using Figma Make.
I chose to reimagine the infinite scroll on social media.
We all know the feeling. You open your phone and 30 minutes disappear. That's doomscrolling.
Let's not even talk about the guilt and anxiety that comes after.
But what if a simple addition could change how millions of people use social media?
That's why I built Zombie Antidote.
A choice point that appears between videos, turning an unconscious decision into a conscious one.
Design decisions:
→ Mood-based. Makes choosing easy when you're in that low-energy zombie state.
→ Skippable. You can scroll right past it and keep going.
→ Session-based. Your choice shapes your feed in the moment. The next day, it resets.
Prototype: Zombie Antidote.
What do you think? Should TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube implement this?
Wow!! Now that is a creative and genius concept, as well as, an amazing idea to take back control over one’s own algorithm; often leading people down …🐰rabbit holes 🕳️ .. that can catch us all off guard! Lol 🤸♀️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Bravo!!
❤️ I love —-your “Zombie Antidote” Prototype, Mauro! ✨Well done!! 😲🙌🏼🤸♀️🙌🏼🤸♀️🙌🏼
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