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Not much of a reveal. What I find strange about TikTok are the waves of themes I get to see. Being a 50-something I'm probably not the target audience but at f
by zwieback 6y ago
Not much of a reveal.
What I find strange about TikTok are the waves of themes I get to see. Being a 50-something I'm probably not the target audience but at first all I saw was shuffle dance (enjoyed that) followed by Indian and Chinese manufacturing videos (loved those) and now it's all cats (okay with that).
My daughters explained "Elite TikTok" and "Beans TikTok" so now I realize there's a whole world built on top of gaming the algorithm in order to bolster your insider status.
- dannyw 6y agoDon't forget niches like Witchtok.
- vii 6y agoThe recommendation algorithm generally tries to avoid showing directly similar content. It's surprising it is all cats especially if you ever swipe. Perhaps this is an A-B test and you are in a group with lower boredom avoidance settings :) Can you explain a bit more about Elite TikTok? I found this article but it contains quite a jumble of ideas https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/22/what-is-elite-alt-tiktok-and-what-has-it-got-to-do-with-donald-trump https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/22/what-is-elit...
- zwieback 6y agoThese articles explain it a bit better but what it boils down to is that a group of kids create strange content around a theme (beans, frogs, etc.) and then try to go viral within their peer group, e.g. other kids that are too cool to like what everyone else likes. Impersonating real brands is also a big part of it. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/style/elite-tiktok.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/style/elite-tiktok.html https://www.distractify.com/p/elite-tiktok-meaning https://www.distractify.com/p/elite-tiktok-meaning