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The discovery tab (For You) is awesome. Its the first social app where the discovery tab is better than your feed, so much more that you can actually use it wit
by hdjrklt 6y ago
The discovery tab (For You) is awesome. Its the first social app where the discovery tab is better than your feed, so much more that you can actually use it without following anyone. It's quite addictive too, you can easily spend half an hour watching videos.
The way the discovery tab works also created a meta game: Alt TikTok, Deep TikTok, Elite TikTok, ...
The exclusivity aspect is there too, very few users are over 30, but it's not the driver.
- KaoruAoiShiho 6y agoCan you give some examples of alt tiktok, deep tiktok, elite tiktok.
- nickthegreek 6y agoalt tiktok is mostly some counter culture users between the ages of 16 and 30. dyed hair, 90s influences, and lqbtq+ supportive. It's a whole aesthetic and rallies against "straight tiktok". You dont want to get stuck on a straight tiktok algorthmic FYP (for you page) feed. Other popular mini tiktok areas include frogtiktok and the holy grail, prison tiktok. deep tiktok is weird video effect stuff, deep fried meme kinda stuff... I dont want it.
- kkarakk 6y agoso...like every online community? this isn't rare or novel
- hdjrklt 6y agoYou can't just "go" to Alt TikTok, like you can just open some subreddit. That's the thing, you need to consume a certain kind of content, until the recommendation algo takes you to Alt TikTok. In a sense, it's like the difference between going to let's say a heavy metal bar, and becoming an heavy metal kind of guy, which gets you invited to some obscure invitation only club.
- deusofnull 6y agotbh it seems like the distinction being made by the stuff about 'alt-lit twitter' and 'weird-facebook' from a few years back https://stayhipp.com/media/tiktok/what-is-alt-elite-tiktok/ https://stayhipp.com/media/tiktok/what-is-alt-elite-tiktok/