Building Social Proof / Getting Followers / Drop Your IG Handle
It seems like a lot of the guys here are just starting out building their Instagram profiles and have very few followers. This immediately breaks the whole preselection and "social proof" illusion, in my opinion. A "verified" checkmark next to your name is only worth something if you have a consistent following, otherwise it's just stupid (no real point in paying Meta a monthly fee if only your mom follows you on Instagram). This is not a new idea at all (and I believe similar threads already exist on this forum), but instead of growing in isolation, let’s create a simple place to connect. Drop your IG handle below + 1 sentence on your niche/vibe. Follow 5–10 people above you whose content you genuinely resonate with, and like a few posts so the algorithm connects you. When you follow someone, reply to their comment so they can follow back if they want. The goal is to create a supportive, high-quality social graph inside the group, not a cheesy “follow-for-follow.” This should help everyone get early momentum and makes the algorithm less brutal when starting from zero. IG: @bogdan1onescu