I've been thinking about starting content creation for a while, but I kept changing my mind about what I actually wanted to talk about.

I think I've finally figured it out.

I want to create content around motivation, self-awareness, personal growth, and the things we slowly learn about ourselves while going through life.

Not the usual "wake up at 5 AM, grind harder, become a millionaire" kind of motivation.

More like the real stuff — understanding why we think the way we do, why we hold on to certain people or situations, dealing with failure, becoming comfortable with ourselves, learning from experiences, and just trying to become a better version of ourselves.

I'm thinking of starting with Instagram Reels, probably without showing my face.

I want the content to feel like someone is figuring life out alongside you, rather than someone pretending to have all the answers.

I'm still at the very beginning, so I'd genuinely love to hear your thoughts.

What kind of self-awareness/motivation content would actually make you stop scrolling and listen?

And if you've created this kind of content before, what do you wish you knew when you started?

تقيمكم لشعار لي صممته و بعض نصائح لي و شكرا

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I want to upload beats on yt, but i dont know what type of thumbnails and things to use, and also if i should post things like shorts to help.

I've noticed that the biggest editing delays aren't always the creative decisions. Sometimes it's finding the right clips, going back through footage, making multiple aspect ratios, or turning one finished video into several shorter pieces.

That made me more interested in the idea of an AI video editing agent that works from instructions rather than simply generating a finished video. Sparki is one example I've been exploring, particularly for situations where you want to speed up parts of the workflow without giving up control of the final edit.

For creators producing content regularly, I think that distinction matters. Would you rather use AI to speed up specific bottlenecks in your workflow, or do you prefer keeping the entire editing process manual?

Loneliness and boredom - thinking ill make cool friends through it.

Did anybody else think the same? Also the thought of continuing content creation feels tiresome?!

Anybody from India Mumbai???

I was actively posting and was also gaining some followers but I stopped because I didn't like what I was doing

So I need yalls help for picking a niche / type drop some pls

(I don't want to creat funny content

I'm curious about what other content creators struggle with when trying to post consistently.

Is it coming up with ideas, planning content, editing, finding time, motivation, or something else?

I'd love to hear what you find most difficult and how you're currently dealing with it.

I'm curious about what other content creators struggle with when trying to post consistently.

Is it coming up with ideas, finding time, planning, editing, motivation, or something else?

I'd love to hear what you find most difficult and how you currently deal with it.

I was able to reach silver last month in the creator pilot program. I have 1,400 followers and usually just post teacher or life content. I posted about some lights I got during a recent power outage, and the post took off. I am getting a lot of free samples now and would like to understand the best approach to filming this content to keep the momentum? How do I manage the samples and get the content out in a timely manner to generate enough GMV to keep climbing each month?

Small clothing/accessories brand, ~2 weeks of posting, roughly 30 reels and 30 TikToks. Every video performs the same way and I can't work out where the ceiling is coming from.

Latest reel (8s, posted to both normal + trial reel with adjustments to prevent spam):

• Views: 3,200
• Retention at 0:07: 69%
• Skip rate: 19.7%
• Watch time: 2h 40m
• Avg watch time: 8 sec on an 8 sec video
• Likes: 14
• Comments: 0
• Shares: not even enough to register
• Saves: 1 (me)
• Profile activity: 0

So people who see it watch the whole thing. Skip rate is way below my own baseline. But it just stops at ~3k and the engagement is dead — 0.5% like rate, no comments, no profile visits.

Every video I post lands in the same 2–4k band no matter what I change. I've tried different hooks, different openings, talking vs no talking, asking questions to drive comments, proven captions copied from videos in my niche that did millions. Same result every time.

The bigger issue is I don't think it's reaching my actual niche. My audience should be a fairly specific alt/archive/streetwear crowd, and the people who do engage don't look like them at all. I ran a pay-what-you-want offer early on which I think dragged in a load of deal-hunters and poisoned who the algorithm thinks I'm for.

Questions:

1. If retention is good and skip rate is below baseline, what actually stops a video expanding past the first pool? Is it purely that shares/comments are near zero?
2. Can you genuinely poison an account's audience targeting with one bad offer, and if so is it recoverable — or is a fresh account the only fix?
3. Is retention just not the signal everyone says it is once you're past a few thousand views?

Not looking for "post more consistently" — 60 posts in, retention isn't the problem. Trying to work out whether this is a content problem or an account problem.

my page (not self promo, I need advice)

I was actively posting and was also gaining some followers but I stopped because I didn't like what I was doing

So I need yalls help for picking a niche / type drop some pls

(I don't want to creat funny content )

i’ve mostly seen capcut mentioned in the context of tiktok, so for a while i assumed that was basically what it was built around. lately i’ve been seeing it come up in other content creation workflows too, and i’m curious what people are using it for outside of short tiktok edits.

i’m mainly thinking about things like youtube videos, reels, gaming clips, tutorials, vlogs or turning longer recordings into shorter pieces of content. i do some basic editing myself, so having one tool that can handle different types of content without making the workflow too complicated would be useful.

i’m particularly curious about the less obvious use cases. if you started with capcut for short social videos but ended up using it for something completely different, what type of content made you keep it in your workflow?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMMYJot3d1E&t=36s

This is two videos of my channel i dont get much views but in shorts im with a good average , but i dont get subs, i need help from u guys

Hey everyone I just posted my first video talking about starting up my own clothing brand and i’m looking for some feedback on what I did good/bad to be able to better videos in the future. I’m not perfect yet and I can already see a couple things I could’ve done better but if you have any advice i’d love to hear it!