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I’ve tried Tiktok on 3 separate occasions. No matter what interests I select when getting started, 95% of the posts it shows me are nearly naked women. The who

I’ve tried Tiktok on 3 separate occasions. No matter what interests I select when getting started, 95% of the posts it shows me are nearly naked women. The whole platform seems to be just a means of getting kids hooked on porn. Not once did any post show up based on my interests. Maybe I’m just too old to figure it out but I couldn’t find any way to get out of endless posts like that.

kbenson 5y ago
It took 2-3 days (probably about an hour of browsing) before it started giving me consistently interesting things. Tiktok has been getting a lot of press lately for how good their algorithm is, and specifically how good it is compared to other social networks, presumably because they have so many more interactions to go on. The trick is that it's not entirely (or even mostly? not sure) driven by likes, it's driven by viewing time. If you don't like something, flick it away and on to the next thing. > The whole platform seems to be just a means of getting kids hooked on porn. I don't see anything like that anymore. You know what I see? Science teachers doing cool experiments with physics and chemicals. Makers making cool things in a montage. That guy that does animal facts in funny ways. Dog and cat videos. Comedy. Apparently commenting on a post will indicate interest too? I know I've seen a comment that said "commenting so I end up on $something-tok", because there's a bunch of sub-tiktoks that people end up on because they've been identified as liking that type of content. It's not exactly something that's easily manually indicated from what I've seen, but it seems to happen well organically. > Maybe I’m just too old to figure it out but I couldn’t find any way to get out of endless posts like that. Just bypass them as soon as you identify them as something you aren't interested in. Soon enough you should see things that are more to your liking.
- unnamed76ri 5y ago
  Thanks for the tips, honestly. I just don’t know that I want to give them a 4th try.
thatguy0900 5y ago
I had the same complaint, supposedly it curated that out quickly when you don't engage with it. I assume that is the biggest common interest new users have.

kbenson 5y ago

It took 2-3 days (probably about an hour of browsing) before it started giving me consistently interesting things. Tiktok has been getting a lot of press lately for how good their algorithm is, and specifically how good it is compared to other social networks, presumably because they have so many more interactions to go on. The trick is that it's not entirely (or even mostly? not sure) driven by likes, it's driven by viewing time. If you don't like something, flick it away and on to the next thing. > The whole platform seems to be just a means of getting kids hooked on porn. I don't see anything like that anymore. You know what I see? Science teachers doing cool experiments with physics and chemicals. Makers making cool things in a montage. That guy that does animal facts in funny ways. Dog and cat videos. Comedy. Apparently commenting on a post will indicate interest too? I know I've seen a comment that said "commenting so I end up on $something-tok", because there's a bunch of sub-tiktoks that people end up on because they've been identified as liking that type of content. It's not exactly something that's easily manually indicated from what I've seen, but it seems to happen well organically. > Maybe I’m just too old to figure it out but I couldn’t find any way to get out of endless posts like that. Just bypass them as soon as you identify them as something you aren't interested in. Soon enough you should see things that are more to your liking.

unnamed76ri 5y ago
Thanks for the tips, honestly. I just don’t know that I want to give them a 4th try.

thatguy0900 5y ago

I had the same complaint, supposedly it curated that out quickly when you don't engage with it. I assume that is the biggest common interest new users have.