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A common comment I see on Tiktok videos is something like "I've finally made it to [niche interest] tiktok", it's something I've experienced myself when the alg

A common comment I see on Tiktok videos is something like "I've finally made it to [niche interest] tiktok", it's something I've experienced myself when the algorithm started showing me videos from the crew on cargo ships as they talk about their favorite ports to dock at, or their experience going through E.G the Panama Canal. I don't know any other platform that emergently figures out that I have an interest in international logistics without me specifically searching for it, and it's one of the reasons TikTok is such a great platform for content.

johnchristopher 6y ago
Neat. Do you use/click on tags in video description ? (I am afraid the niche I found might get replaced by another niche).
deanCommie 6y ago
Dude that sounds super interesting, can you share?
baddox 6y ago
The exact same thing happens for me on YouTube, although I guess YouTube doesn't start with an auto-playing random sequence of videos to quick-start the search for videos you find interesting. Still though, I end up in very odd niches that I never specifically searched for.
- Aromasin 6y ago
  One thing I will say is that I feel YouTube doesn't do this to nearly as large of degree as TikTok. YouTube might suggest me videos that are outside my cluster of interests occasionally, but normally only those with a reasonably high view count. They will recommend low view count videos that are within my interests however. TikTok on the other hand will sometimes show me a video with almost no views, that is completely random, and I actually do like it. I feel like YouTube has gotten slightly stale in that it tries so hard to show me either viral videos or videos it deems to be of my interests, that the content becomes repetitive. In recent months it's become better at it, but still plays it safe with recommendations.
  - darepublic 6y ago
    seems like the missing ingredient is being able to recognize high quality vids with low view count. Recognizing quality before the masses do.
leesec 6y ago
>>started showing me videos from the crew on cargo ships as they talk about their favorite ports to dock at, the answer is always whatever port your at on crew change day.

johnchristopher 6y ago

Neat. Do you use/click on tags in video description ? (I am afraid the niche I found might get replaced by another niche).

deanCommie 6y ago

Dude that sounds super interesting, can you share?

baddox 6y ago

The exact same thing happens for me on YouTube, although I guess YouTube doesn't start with an auto-playing random sequence of videos to quick-start the search for videos you find interesting. Still though, I end up in very odd niches that I never specifically searched for.

Aromasin 6y ago
One thing I will say is that I feel YouTube doesn't do this to nearly as large of degree as TikTok. YouTube might suggest me videos that are outside my cluster of interests occasionally, but normally only those with a reasonably high view count. They will recommend low view count videos that are within my interests however. TikTok on the other hand will sometimes show me a video with almost no views, that is completely random, and I actually do like it. I feel like YouTube has gotten slightly stale in that it tries so hard to show me either viral videos or videos it deems to be of my interests, that the content becomes repetitive. In recent months it's become better at it, but still plays it safe with recommendations.
- darepublic 6y ago
  seems like the missing ingredient is being able to recognize high quality vids with low view count. Recognizing quality before the masses do.

leesec 6y ago

>>started showing me videos from the crew on cargo ships as they talk about their favorite ports to dock at, the answer is always whatever port your at on crew change day.