From my perspective FB/Instagram's algorithm (I'll throw in YouTube too) never really worked. They overemphasized showing me the exact same type of thing until

From my perspective FB/Instagram's algorithm (I'll throw in YouTube too) never really worked. They overemphasized showing me the exact same type of thing until the feed became boring. You liked this post about a chair -- here's nothing but chairs. I also joined FB to keep in touch with people I met in real life. It changed to push me to engage with groups and people I had nothing in common with. I didn't join TikTok to keep up with friends that way. The TikTok algorithm does a great job of showing me new stuff that I might be interested in, but is still related. It's remarkably good. FWIW -- It also seems to forget everything about me if I log off for a months. --- Sure, I'm training data sets. Everything I do online is monitored and analyzed by someone at some point. I spent a year of my life trying to "get off Google." IMO it's pretty close to impossible if you want to function in society. I'm skeptical that the TikTok algorithm knows anything about me that my search history doesn't show. I don't think TikTok is a "good thing" but I don't understand why it is sometimes painted as this unique evil. The worst part of TikTok in my opinion is how much time I've wasted using it, but that's nothing new for social networks.