This is a wrong advice in this scenario. No rule that says if something is not working organically, don’t run ads. Most times, ads is the best and fastest way to prove the market. Imagine just post
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—Views / houraverage velocity since it published
—Peak velocitythe hottest sustained views/hr it ever hit
—vs. their normalpace relative to this creator's own baseline
—Engagementlikes per view — real engagement is hard to fake
—Agehow early Slope caught this surge