Instagram comment pods emerged in response to the debut of the platform's algorithm, leaving influencers scrambling to maintain the visibility of their posts. Now, the pods are concerning advertisers.

"There's a lot more crap than there is premium." Publishers are increasingly shifting their focus to video, but these inconvenient truths remain: Advertisers love video more than users, and more demand than supply exists for high-quality video.

The Times of London analyzed comments on its website and found that commenters read three times as many articles as those that don't comment.

Coltrane Curtis, founder of creative shop Team Epiphany, realized during his stint at MTV that "the network surrounding a celebrity is actually more powerful than the celebrity themselves." This became the backbone of his agency.

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