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I had the same experience. I’ve given TikTok three different tries over the same number of years and it didn’t connect with me at all. I’ve spent several hours
by criddell 4y ago
I had the same experience. I’ve given TikTok three different tries over the same number of years and it didn’t connect with me at all.
I’ve spent several hours using it and there seems to be very little of interest to me (a 53 year old Canadian living in Texas). It did show me a video of a guy doing some great welding (stack of dimes!) and I watched the whole thing. The algorithm decided that I must want to see every welding video ever uploaded and I really don’t. One or two is enough.
I concluded that TikTok isn’t for my demographic, maybe by design.
- valarauko 4y agoI found it took some curating to get the algorithm to what you're interested in - like videos you enjoy, and aggressively mark videos you don't (hold and select "not interested"). In my experience, by the end of day, the recommendations were more on target.
- jquery 4y agoSame experience here. Maybe TikTok appeals more to teenagers who have an underdeveloped sense of self. I remember at that age conflating popularity with accuracy and authority. Now when I watch TikTok it's just an exercise in frustration that nothing is cited and it's all about presentation over substance. And that's when the algorithm isn't showing me strange videos in a desperate attempt to keep my attention, a la spiderman/elsa YouTube mashups of yore.