jarfil, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

TikTok’s algorithms […]

I’m afraid you have been heavily misled by TikTok, and/or are a new user.

I suggest you check either or both of these to better understand what’s going on:

• www.wired.com/…/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/
• youtu.be/fuFlMtZmvY0

TikTok is a master example of enshittification, which consists in:

1. Offer users a good experience to hook them up
2. Introduce advertisements to hook up advertisers
3. Have hooked up advertisers bid against each other for a place in a users feed
4. Increase user engagement by showing them both what they like and the opposite
5. Tease users with a chance to earn money (taking just a 50% cut), so they get to compete against the advertisers, and each other, for a place in other users feeds

The discoverability on TikTok is abysmally bad, all you will ever find is either paid content, or content made by users trying to outdo each other in a race to attract/outrage (aka: increase your engagement).

Only thing you can easily discover on TikTok, is the most polarizing content possible, there is about exactly zero chance to get a realistic view into anything through TikTok; not even by averaging the extremes, which are custom tailored to your personal love/hate triggers.