I find the comments in the article align with analysis from this A16z podcast on TikTok https://overcast.fm/+BlzHoDbOw https://overcast.fm/+BlzHoDbOw The poi

I find the comments in the article align with analysis from this A16z podcast on TikTok https://overcast.fm/+BlzHoDbOw https://overcast.fm/+BlzHoDbOw The point being TiKTok does a ton of labelling of videos that allows the algorithm to “see” the content - or at least qualifies lots of elements of each video. And then optimises for joy and happiness responses from users. Other useful observations in the podcast