The recording industry is notorious for pay for play schemes. The Internet leveled the playing field for many years. The industry has found that social media'

The recording industry is notorious for pay for play schemes. The Internet leveled the playing field for many years. The industry has found that social media's dominance allows them the opportunity to distract independent artists from releasing their own quality music and also distract the public from hearing indie music through the illusion that social media helps them to be seen more. The real question that anyone who works on these platforms needs to ask themself is "Is the platform really helping me?" The only way they help people now is if you choose promoted ads, and it takes a ton of money for an unaffiliated indie label to break into their main feed on each single post, and that's true for any of the platforms that facilitate sponsored ads.