A young guy at the diner told me my posts were 'too polished' and it stuck with me

I was at a Denny's in Akron last Friday, just eating a late breakfast, and a kid maybe 22 years old recognized me from my gardening page. He said he never comments because my videos look like a commercial, not like a real person sharing something. I've been doing this for 5 years with a proper setup and scripted content, but his honesty made me think. Does anyone else find that raw, off-the-cuff posts actually get more engagement than the stuff you spend hours editing?

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diana2016d ago

Amen, the raw stuff always gets triple the comments my studio videos do.

emery_lopez16d ago

YES! That's the realest thing. People can FEEL when something is overproduced, they want the messy truth. I swear my worst mic day got 3x the engagement of my polished song.