You see the post on Monday morning. A local director is hosting a crew meetup in your city on Friday. Perfect timing. But the director posted it Wednesday—and Instagram's algorithm just now decided to show it to you. By Monday, half the spots are filled. You miss the meetup. This isn't a one-off. It's the filmmaking community's biggest networking problem.

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