Maybe this isn't a substantive comment that really adds anything, but just wanted to echo a few other commenters- I don't find anything special about the TikTok

Maybe this isn't a substantive comment that really adds anything, but just wanted to echo a few other commenters- I don't find anything special about the TikTok algorithm, or TikTok in general. It's.... fine. I signed in via Apple ID initially, and it clearly didn't have much info on me, so it just served up what it thought I'd like based on my age & rural location at the time (basically, tractors & Trump). Later it got a little better, but I just don't see the 'scary' or 'addictive' algorithm that people rave about. It's.... it's just OK. Eg I liked one funny video of the Hispanic guy pronouncing various states, it now shows me a bunch more by the same guy- doesn't exactly seem like superhuman AI. YouTube has more relevant content for me, personally