51. What happens when your hobby goes viral—and your life doesn’t fit the algorithm?

06/10/2025 48 min Temporada 2 Episodio 51
51. What happens when your hobby goes viral—and your life doesn’t fit the algorithm?

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Send us a textWe trace how a quiet lake ritual turned into a TikTok live with tens of thousands of drop-ins, then wrestle with what to do when the fish leave and the algorithm wants more. Along the way we argue about clothes, leftovers, phone privacy, and the cost of dinner.• going from passive scrolling to consistent creation• two podcasts, time costs, and burnout risk• catfish feeding lives, spikes to 26k viewers, retention• mixing hobbies with the podcast brand on one account• TikTok algorithm timing and late-night peaks• are phones listening and how suggestions shape behavior• fallback content plans when the lake season ends• marriage micro-battles: clothes, ice, leftovers limits• eating out vs groceries, apps, deals, and church dinnersCheck us out on TikTok-find us on Instagram @thisthatandtheother_pod-follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/dgPq18Zsy1VxMzze/?mibextid=WC7FNe-look us up on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@thisthatandtheotherpod?_t=8ksSLeCk8A3&_r=1 -subscribe on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/@ThisThatAndTheOtherPodca-qg9cn -contact us at [email protected] every Monday wherever you get your podcasts -also listen to Jody and his two buddies at Three Wheels No Direction Podcast every Monday and Thursday https://open.spotify.com/show/6URaZdKPqAOYrWovnrMnES?si=ZIsj6OqdQGywymW_O9H4sQ-Thank you so much for listening If you are interested in the nails or any of Amanda's social media, she talks about here is her link.https://linktr.ee/Manda772

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