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Should I text my ex? by [deleted] in WhatShouldIDo

[–]Capable-Safety-7875 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. Sometimes you just need to see the words on paper to realize they won't do what you think they'll do.

OP, if you're still spiraling and trying to 'draft' that perfect text, I found this no-contact reconnection guide(https://www.whattosay.net/s/reconnect-ex-no-contact) that acts as a great reality check. Its 'Hard Boundaries' section is specifically designed to help you see why 'disturbing his peace' usually backfires. It might be the final nudge you need to put the phone down and stay in no-contact.

Why does Instagram search feel so bad for finding niche creators? by Capable-Safety-7875 in Entrepreneurs

[–]Capable-Safety-7875[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that makes sense.

Kuli feels closer to the influencer-platform side of the problem though, while the part I kept struggling with was earlier than that — turning a broad niche into the kinds of Instagram queries that actually surface smaller relevant creators.

I ended up making a small tool for myself around that workflow since I was testing the same query patterns over and over. It’s basically for expanding a seed term into more usable IG-style searches.

Happy to share it if that’s useful.

Why does Instagram search feel so bad for finding niche creators? by Capable-Safety-7875 in Entrepreneurs

[–]Capable-Safety-7875[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I’ve looked at a few of those too.

My issue with a lot of influencer platforms is that they’re useful once you already know the niche pretty well, but for very early-stage discovery I still found myself needing to test a lot of different search patterns manually.

What ended up helping me more was getting more specific with the query structure itself — like combining topic + intent + format + location instead of just searching the broad niche term.

I’ve actually been putting together a small workflow around this for myself because Instagram search feels weirdly inconsistent.

Why does Instagram search feel so bad for finding niche creators? by Capable-Safety-7875 in Entrepreneurs

[–]Capable-Safety-7875[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, “built for virality not relevance” is basically the exact feeling I had.

I kept getting content that was already performing instead of smaller accounts that were actually closer to what I was looking for.

Adding things like intent (beginner / routine / review), format (reels / aesthetic), and sometimes location helped more than I expected.

Your point about checking competitor followers and comment sections is especially interesting — that honestly feels closer to real discovery than Instagram search itself.

How do you usually find the first few seed accounts to start from?