The engine can only do so much. Obviously dances and reactions are going to be more voluminous, and the # of unique political content is going to be less. Also

The engine can only do so much. Obviously dances and reactions are going to be more voluminous, and the # of unique political content is going to be less. Also, unlike YouTube where once it decides it learns what you like, it will recommend ONLY content it thinks you will like, the TikTok Recommendation engine tries to be more egalitarian: * It will highlight random new creators with very few likes or comments or engagement - arbitrarily. A lot of these will be misses, but you're helping train it and get in on the virality early on. The key with those is either to have an open mind and try them or a closed mind and scroll away immediately from anything that has a single digit like/comment count, but not be surprised or disappointed by it. * It will highlight random viral content even ones that you expressly do not have signals for liking just so you can stay on top of trends and popular memes. In that sense, TikTOk is the absolute best way to stay connected to latest musical and internet trends of the youths, because it's not hidden to their circles but exposed to everyone. To me, these are both features. Even though I am an aging techie, who primarily likes more engaging content (politics, philosophy, film analysis). I get those TOO and when I want ONLY that content, I switch to my "Following" page to see only the stuff I explicitly signed up for. But I toggle back and forth because I like seeing what "the kids" are into. It doesn't matter if I agree. I think it's helpful to be aware of generational trends. The kids will grow up and will shape the culture. Since I exist in society, I want to know what that's going to look like, even if I plan to stick to my 90's rock musical taste into my own 90's. (Plus you get to discover that The Kids Are Alright, and are themselves influenced by my own musical genre preferences even today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGUy2UmRxJ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGUy2UmRxJ0)