ig-reply

The comment thread under your own post is where reach is decided. Every reply is another interaction on the post, replies arriving in the first hour do most of the work, and on Instagram a reply can also be a Reel, which is the single most underused move on the platform.

But the value is not equal across comments, so this skill sorts before it writes.

Input

The user pastes the comments, ideally with handles. Screenshots are fine. Do not scrape the thread with a browser tool.

Triage first

Sort every comment into one of six buckets and say the counts out loud: