Having a decent IG is important for as you say, personal brand. People will look you up, employers will look you up etc. So having a professional, curated presence is worthwhile just in general.

In terms of using it as a dating app? Some people have good success with it. Personally I've never had much success from it. My opinion is that it's just used my women to farm attention/validation and you won't get much more from it than that.

It can be a good tool to use on women you've already met IRL, are current plates, or are warm leads.Maybe there needs to be a guide on IG game, how to play women at their own game...

Just upload you doing cool shit. Snap the odd decent picture here and there. Throw up the odd story every once in a while. And don't take it too seriously. Not every picture needs to be polished, in fact better to have a mix of professional and more authentic photos.

Sounds like classic attention whoring.

She's out having some fun. You ask for her snap, great, she's now got another orbiter. She then dangles the carrot just enough with the touching (knowing full well that she was going home soon anyway) to pull you into orbit. Oh look, I have to go home now tee hee!.

Then she sends you the snaps for attention and as soon as you bite, she ghosts.

When it comes to night game, don't bother with numbers/snap/instagram. You need to close that night. You want to polarize quickly and find out if she's actually serious or just attention whoring.

If you get the number/snap/IG you'll find either the lead goes cold and they ghost, or they just want attention. So don't play that game. Close or walk.

Gonna wait till I see her at the bars again and then maybe slide in; TBD gonna wait n see.

Wait and see. If you bump into her again, escalate. But don't message her.

For future reference - you'll have better results if you don't get their number, and you just happen to bump into them again.

If you get her number then she knows you're just like every other schmuck who she can have wrapped around her finger.

She feels like I rejected her sat night when I didn’t pull up so now she’s doin this bs

Possible, but unlikely given the circumstances.

She got piped and no longer sees me as that guy

This is what I mean by the leads go cold. She fucked someone else. She woke up in a different mood. whatever. You have to close there and then otherwise they will go cold.

might just be ego but I’ve made some pretty insane shreds this summer and I’m unequivocally prob like top 5% physiques on campus rn. Plus the tan, haircut, and clothing is on point

Higher your SMV is, the more you will get this kind of behavior. For them, it's a game. Especially early 20s girls. Can I get that hawt guy over there to chase me? If I can, I win.

Your job will be to start screening. Recognise these behaviours. Escalate. Polarise. Find out if she's serious as quickly as possible. If not, NEXT.

The world is changing at a more rapid pace than ever. In order not to sink, we must adapt and learn how to swim.

Instagram is functionally the world’s most active dating app and a great way to build a personal brand. My social media presence is sporadic and mostly limited to Snapchat, but everywhere I meet people, I’m asked for my IG. Obviously I see the potential.

Very interested in starting one as a guy that just entered his 30s. Already have a huge catalogue of exciting pictures. Should I choose the most recent few dozen and upload them all at once? 1 every couple days to stay engaged in the algorithm? I know there are ECs who have this shit down to a science and do things like get professional photos done, upload them to the public story of a city they’re visiting soon then rake in the new plates. It’s methods like that I’d love to hear about.

Naturally will continue to build my standing in high status communities and show it.

I accept my new position as a boomer shakes fist at cloud