I don't know how it all works. However one thing I will sometimes do is like a video but not watch it to the end. What I'm thinking in that case is this is good

I don't know how it all works. However one thing I will sometimes do is like a video but not watch it to the end. What I'm thinking in that case is this is good content, but not something I really want to watch. Like a musician that I want to encourage, but just don't feel like watching to the end. I suspect TikTok "understands" that situation. I'm tend to not follow. I'm not sure how that factors in, except obviously it populates your Following page.