How to Work With Meta Andromeda (Part 2)

By Tobie Curtis • Open Notes
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Working with Andromeda is about creative clarity, variation, and human-friendly signals — not hacks.

Part One was about understanding what Meta Andromeda is.

This part is about what changes after you understand it.

Because once you realise Facebook is no longer follower-first, chronological, or manually targeted in the old way, the question shifts.

It’s no longer: how do I beat the algorithm?

It becomes: how do I make it easier for the system to understand what I’m doing?

That shift matters — because one creates stress, and the other creates systems.


Creative Comes Before Everything Else Now

Under Andromeda, creative is the strongest signal you control.

Not ad settings. Not audience tweaks. Not posting frequency.

The system learns by watching how people respond to what they see.

That means clarity is no longer optional.

Before you post anything, ask:

• What is this actually about?
• Who is it clearly for?
• What is someone meant to do after reading it?

If you can’t answer those quickly, neither can the system.

Think of every post as a label, not a performance. Clear labels travel further than clever ones.


What Advantage+ Actually Is

Advantage+ is not a theory or a buzzword.

It’s a real setting inside Meta’s ad system — and it exists for one reason: to remove human guesswork.

Traditionally, running Facebook ads meant controlling everything: audiences, interests, placements, optimisation rules.

The assumption was that humans knew best.

Meta learned otherwise.

Humans guess. The system observes.

When Advantage+ is used, Meta’s AI systems are given more freedom to decide who sees the ad, where it appears, and how delivery shifts based on response.

You still control the message, the creative, and the offer.

The system controls distribution, matching, and optimisation.

Andromeda is the engine. Advantage+ removes the handbrake.


Why Variety Beats Precision Targeting

Old Facebook rewarded precision.

New Facebook rewards comparison.

Andromeda learns by testing similar ideas against each other and watching what people pause on, comment on, save, or share.

Variety doesn’t mean chaos.

It can be as simple as:

• the same idea written two different ways
• a topic framed once as a question, once as a statement
• a list version and a reflective version

If something matters, say it more than once — just not the same way.


Organic Content and Ads Are Not Separate Worlds

Organic posts train the system long before you ever run an ad.

They show what language people respond to, which ideas hold attention, and where engagement naturally happens.

Ads amplify what already proved it could land.

Organic content is your testing ground. Ads are amplification, not discovery.


This Still Applies If You Never Run Ads

Even without ads, Andromeda is still deciding who sees your posts and how far they travel.

Content that travels well tends to have one clear theme, a strong opening, readable spacing, and one obvious next step.

Random content trains the system poorly. Consistent themes train it well.


This Is Good News for Low-Energy and Faceless Creators

Andromeda does not reward noise.

It rewards clarity, consistency, and recognisable patterns.

You don’t need daily posting or trend chasing.

You need a few core topics, repeatable formats, and a system that doesn’t drain you.


Closing Note

Working with Meta Andromeda isn’t about tricks.

It’s about making your thinking visible.

Clear ideas. Repeated thoughtfully. Presented in recognisable ways.

When you do that, the system doesn’t fight you.

It understands you.