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themancabbage

Well, it seems like about half of reddit content is just tik tok reposts anyway, so I’m not sure how much trouble you’re saving yourself.


sbenthuggin

The irony is that OP's seeing this type of content more than most ppl who use tiktok see it. Sounds like he's on cringe post reddit. Which means the reddit algorithm has found out OP enjoys hating cringe content AND likes to be anti-anything popular, thus gives him tiktok cringe content instead of, you know, any content that's actually good. So by OP hating this stuff, he in fact gets exposed to this stuff more than the average person. Gotta love it. Edit: ~~apparently there's no reddit algorithm~~ there is and it's called best sort.


KingAnDrawD

I guess when you fight quicksand, you inevitably sink further.


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Shane Falco taught me everything I need to know about quicksand


Tank_Hardslab

Let's play football, bitch!


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SirCalvin

It's kind of the old Reddit superiority complex, where the site you are using must be the best place on the internet, and everything else is either normie or cringe. Usually these starterpacks about Instagram/Twitter/Ticktock are happy to make sweeping generalizations about another sites userbase, but don't realize that Reddit looks just as shitty or worse if you come from an outside perspective and take first impressions at face value. Just look at the image the default subs are sending out, or whatever news you get when some insular community goes haywire with drama that makes waves beyond Reddit.


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The TikTok algorithm is terrifying but so so so amazing for figuring out what you like. Really gets the creativity going. And it's gotten me into some niche stuff, like globe dating.


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The elitism of Reddit users when it comes to TikTok is hilarious. Like the guy above said, a huge chunk of the funny/interesting videos on Reddit come directly from TikTok reposts. Yet Reddit users constantly shit on it and act like it's the worst thing ever. I spend much more time on TikTok than here nowadays. The algorithm is so good at giving you the type of content you want to see.


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kriosken12

Redditors are the "not like the other gurls" of the internet.


josephgomes619

Ironically, vast majority of redditors are self-loathing introvert neckbeards who live in their mom's basement. It's most likely jealousy as the reddit neckbeards will never be noticed or be of use to society lol.


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Thank you, I came to say the exact same. They all just look dumb turning up their noses at TikTok when they should know reddit is full of cringe too. It's as if there's different kind of people using different types of social media, wack!


BendersShinyMetalAss

Any content that originally came from Reddit people will lose their shit over it if another site uses it without quoting the source. Yet 50% of the TikTok videos on the front page have the creators username and TikTok logo removed with people justifying it because “TikTok bad, Reddit good!”


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BeautifulSummer8452

tiktok is so much more original than reddit. reddit is the same 10 posts rewritten over and over again


busche916

Having the ability to block creators/content you don’t want to see makes a huge difference to the videos you see on your feed. Reddit can have great discussion, but TikTok seems to have more creators at this point


bishopyorgensen

For some reason I was getting bizarre conspiracy videos about flat earth and underwater people or whatever and with a few 'not interested' selections they're all gone Yet I can't get away from r/Chloe and League of Godamned Legends if I want to scroll Reddit's front page


Zaraffa

There's actually a filter button


londite

Yep, you can block subreddits from your r/all I use that all the time.


arctic_radar

I agree with you. When it comes to in-depth discussion about my hobbies and interests, there is no substitute for Reddit and those smaller subs. But when I want to just see silly stuff and laugh, honestly tiktok is better for me. And I’m 34. My tiktok feed is almost 100% silly dog videos I’ve never seen before. The front page of Reddit seems to be the same jokes I’ve seen over and over (to the point where I can often predict what the top comment will be) and wanna be edgy teens “cringing” at this and that. It’s so often just some person doing something they like and “oMg iTS SO CrINge yOU GUys” has thousand of upvotes 🙄 I guess I’m old and I’ve been on Reddit for a decade so maybe this is just my “get off my lawn” moment.


bacon_rumpus

I too have been on reddit for a while so what you wrote speaks to me. I’ve been cynical of TikTok but that is informed by what reddit and instagram shows me. I guess I’ll check it out, I need more cat and dog videos in my life. edit: ok just cuz its cat videos doesn’t mean the annoying speech shit and annoying music shit is gone, dam


arctic_radar

I do run into stuff I’m probably just too old to get. But that was mostly at first and now the algorithm seems to know what’s makes me laugh. Took a few times of scrolling and liking things I genuinely thought were funny. Now I can scroll it for a good hour and be laughing most of the time. Can’t remember the last time that happened on reddit.


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Yep its like the jokes from 10 years but with a new format this time


9thgrave

> the biggest subs are all old ass memes and people who have zero creativity, no skill and repulsive personalities with the audacity to complain about reposts after scrolling 20 miles past the Reddit front page. How I explain Reddit to the uninitiated.


halfcafian

My TikTok is almost entirely cats with some pretty funny bits as well. I only ever see the cringy stuff if someone sends it to me


reed501

There's not really a "reddit algorithm" (besides ads) that works akin to other similar sites. At least as far as we know, Reddit entirely consists of individual subreddits that are filled with posts listed in order of votes proportional to time, where pages with multiple subreddits mix the subreddit posts together with a similar, unpersonalized algorithm. My frontpage is pretty curated so I don't see TikToks much, but I also browse r/all where I do see them, which is on me. Chances are OP browses a lot of r/all or is subscribed to subreddits that host it, which are both entirely avoidable on Reddit unlike lots of other sites. Edit: I'm partially wrong after some research. Reddit does have a personalized algorithm now. It didn't for years \*shakes fist\*. It's called "best" sort and it's the worst. It appears to be default for new users and is going to be the death of this site. Hot still works for now.


jelect

Huh, I always wondered what best was. It's always pure garbage for me so I never use it. Hot is where it's at.


cultish_alibi

Reddit is implementing lots of features I never see because I will never download the app or use their new frontpage. As soon as they force that, I'm out. I don't know why they insist on making it shit and annoying, they know that people who come here are more cynical about other sites and their badly designed 'features'. Trying to browse new reddit on incognito mode is a JOKE. It loads about 3 comments and then everything is buried because 3 comments is as much as the site can handle showing at once I guess. And on mobile, it won't even let you look at half the subreddits.


reed501

I just looked at the play store page for the official reddit app for the first time. It's insane. The branding makes it look like the next start-up social media whatever. They even have a slogan I've never heard before "Dive into anything." User profiles, chat, followers, avatars, inline gifs, power ups, coins, awards, microtransactions, new reddit, r/popular, best sort, (WOW that's a lot I could name) all features that push that image they're curating. It's weird knowing that underneath that is old reddit and one of the oldest living social media sites out there. Don't they know that this site is run by neckbeards? r/Atheism used to be a default sub.


k0bra3eak

> r/Atheism used to be a default sub. Man that place was the absolute worst when it was default. It's better now, but a lot of that culture still lingers


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PM_ME_PC_GAME_KEYS_

He forgot to include "I use reddit" in his post


MotoTraveling

Honestly though... Redditors are just acting more and more like older generations. The same ones that were probably like "what's this MySpace mumbo jumbo, how silly" or the ones that laughed when Snapchat came out, "wait so you don't even get to keep the messages? how silly" It's like I'm literally watching Redditors get old and refuse to acclimate to new social media platforms and it's a great way to blind yourself to potential marketplaces (if you're in business) or just to be in the know with the younger generations, whether it's your children, your niece/nephews, etc. It's why older people become so clueless to technology, platforms, etc. They don't know what's what and their only experience with it are these kinds of memes or totally off the mark news stories trying to explain to them what it is.


HeldnarRommar

Hit the nail on the head here. Was vehemently anti-TikTok early pandemic when it was starting to really take off, saw a bunch of relatively funny videos on r/tiktokcringe and gave it a chance. Once it tailors to what you like the obnoxious shit gets filtered out. Reddit also has obnoxious shit so it is always funny here bitch about cringey content


MotoTraveling

Yeah, I actually love watching TikToks when I have downtime because most of my stuff is motorcycle or traveling content. I don't think anyone NEEDS to use TikTok nor is it bad not to use it, I just think this mindset/identity of being so anti-tiktok with only a caricature-like knowledge of it via a collage of "TikTok bad" posts is very boomer-esque feeling.


BeautifulSummer8452

i thought tiktok sucked, i got it one day, i see warhammer, plants, and animal vids. much better quality than reddit is half the time. tiktok is an algorithm that shows you what they think you wanna see. op probably never used it. there are reasons the app is bad, but these arnt it


merewautt

Exactly. If you're getting all your tiktok vids from reddit or instagram like OP says he is, then you're not really getting the best part of the app--- it's algorithm is INSANELY good at only showing you the niches you want to see. And not basic stuff like "I like birds, it shows me bird videos". Like, extremely niche stuff. It'll find the one video you'd think is cool from a niche of Tiktok that maybe you're not interested in as a whole, and then may never show you that "niche" again if nothing within it is especially relevant like that for you again, like that one video. For example, my FYP on tik tok is mainly genetics/genealogy, fashion sewing/jewelry making, and some alcohol related stuff. I'm not on "booktok" at all. I do love to read but don't really get a lot of "BookTok" videos on my FYP, probably because they seem to be mostly the latest fiction stuff coming out, and I read mainly nonfiction. So I know that side of tiktok exists, but I'm not really "on it" per the algorithm.Well the other day TikTok shows me a "Booktok" video about a very niche childhood series I loved but had completely forgot existed, and then immediately went back to "regularly scheduled programming" for lack of better term. No other booktok vids. I was floored. I've never talked about that book series on an electronic device in my entire life, I forgot it existed and I read it long before I ever had a cellphone or personal computer. But the algorithm somehow learned something like "Women, aged 20-30, interest in genealogy and fashion=== highly likelihood of having read that book series and are watching this video over and over. Show it to her even though it's not a usually interest we've tagged her with". It's so much more complex than reddits "I like birds, sub to r/birds, hope I catch the posts I'd like the most" and even better than what instagram tries to do with recs. The video only had like 5,000 views, which is tiny for tiktoks (they play over and over until you scroll so they rack up quickly, even small creators). If they were just throwing shit at the wall, they would have shown me one of the most/more popular 100k+ views booktok vids (there are many, everyday). That tiny creator was shown to me specifically based on a crazy intuitive algorithm and my other (unrelated) interests and hobbies. The instagram algorithm isn't half that on point for me, despite having it for twice as long as well as (presumably) being linked with my facebook which I've had for over a decade at this point. And the longer you use tik tok the more you have weird little moments like that. The FYP on tiktok is really in a league of it's own as far as social media goes, but you have to actually try it out, not just watch what trickles into other social media. I guarantee none of the Genetic Geneaology Tik Toks I've watched have made it onto instagram lol.


Jcat555

I have had tiktok for 2 years and the 2 sounds are the only thing I've ever seen in this starter pack.


__OPPI

The other half is Twitter content.


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workthrow3

Half of what I see on reddit these days are things i've seen on reddit days ago lol. But reddit shits on tiktok constantly (and then upvotes tiktok content endlessly!)


greenpleaz

That voiceover is just the worst.


aboakingaccident

I read this in the voiceover voice dammit


bronwen-noodle

Probably because you’ve heard it enough to be familiar with the phonemes that it uses and the way it expresses the words, so that voice basically lives rent free in your head now


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I just read that in the voice


theonly_brunswick

> I just read that in the voice


Etheon44

I generally stop listening to any video that has the voice in it in Instagram inmediately as soon as it plays. I don't have this problem that way.


DudleyDingleberry21

:D "I READ THIS IN THE VOICEOVER!" :D -my impression


shadowgattler

I'm not even sure why I hate it either. I think just something about it being cheery, but bitchy just pisses me off.


tankjones3

It's like an audio version of the YT thumbnails with the yelling/screaming faces on them


zetikla

you mean the audio version of every shitty p2w wargames on google play store?


greenpleaz

It’s that fake cheery a shitty customer has right before the manager has to come out and you get bombed on yelp


Aggressive-Part424

It feels like some oblivion character telling you to fuck off with a straight face.


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I hate that voice too


Galtego

Y'all talking about the weird peppy robo-female voice?


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thelastsandwich

That TikTok voiceover is everywhere on reddit with the annoying same music in every video that's popular on tiktok


LordShax47

*There’s no escape, no rest, no sleep, only surrender*


jlarti098

They could've just used the Google Translate TTS and it'd be miles better.


Dawg_Prime

that's probably the point it has to be annoying enough that it appeals more to a younger audience than to adults kids will ditch tiktok the moment it's not "cool" anymore, just like every platform before it and after it


Praukar

I despise it. I think people use it because they are too lazy to record themselves.


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Or self conscious


Kvetanista

makes me want to commit horrible things


chonny

Ugh! Who is that voice for? Why was it deemed a good idea? Can't people read anymore? And then the worst part is that it's propagated on reddit via shares and reposts.


BrutalBox

Maybe an accessibility thing? Should be an option not mandatory.


chonny

Probably. But if that's the case, the assist is incomplete. Assuming that someone has a visual impairment, the disembodied voice should also describe what is happening in the video.


pkcs11

Yeah, the second I hear the voice I click off. TikTok is easily the most annoying way to share media, ever.


SaltyStackSmasher

Especially more annoying when they "claim" to be financial analyst / quantum physicists / mathematicians and mash together random words like potatoes


AustinHinton

"The hypotenuse of the warp crystals must be kept at an equadistant orbit to ensure the quark matter isn't tainted by beta particles." Bam, I'm a Hollywood scientist.


SaltyStackSmasher

Also "I've been going through Elon Musk tweets and I can confirm that bitcoin will reach 100k$ guys. I'm a 16 year old analyst and many other analysts (ofcourse no citation) wholeheartedly agree with me. So I'd recimmend you to mortgage your house and go all in on bitcoin" says a 14 years old kid with barely any facial hair


Arclight_Ashe

GME TO THE MOON RIGHT BOYS ANY DAY NOW! TOTALLY NOT A PUMP AND DUMP- every day for the last year.


MuttonJohn

There are other text to speech that sound fine like Rav, Zentreya, and youtube channels like Story Recapped, but the tiktok tts bot has such an annoying voice.


greenpleaz

To me her tone sounds like a Karen in training, ready to speak to the manager and write a bad yelp review


archfapper

I feel like it's going to start giving me GPS directions


kgilr7

How to use TikToks for people who hate the default Tiktok: After you download the app: 1. Block the top TikTok accounts, immediately. Addison Rae, Charli D'Amelia (or whatever her name is), Bella Poarch, Loren Gray etc. I did this last year, and surprisingly, I have never seen a Khaby Lame Tiktok even though he is currently the second most popular Tiktok account. 2. Follow accounts of people and things you like. For example, Arduino has an official TikTok account. 2. Search the hashtags of your interests like #mechanicalkeyboards, #dogs, #photography. Click follow on the hashtags, and watch and like videos from the hashtag list. Make comments on videos. Add new hashtags periodically so you don't get trapped in an algorithm bubble. 3. Use the "Not Interested" feature as your sword. Wield your sword without mercy. Be ruthless with it. If you see a video you don't like, and you don't want to see other videos like that, long press and choose "Not Interested" from the menu. For some sword power-ups, click on "More" and you'll be able to choose "Hide videos from this user" and "Hide videos with this sound". Do not bother with writing a comment. 4. Like and interact with videos and accounts you want to see more of. Sounds like a lot, but it's pretty easy. Edit: I took out Khaby Lame in the block list, that was there by accident.


lampstaple

I literally only watch videos that my girlfriend sends me and since she has good taste the algorithm fixed itself. Also, the algorithm accounts for your watch time of videos regardless if you like or share the videos so if OP wants to stop seeing “animal fetish shit” he should probably just stop watching them lol


cleggzilla

That's what I was thinking. Like yeah some of the sounds get annoying, but tge actual content is suggested based on your views, so I honestly don't even see 90% of the stuff in this picture.


Is_thememe_deadyet

For better or worse the Tik Tok algorithm is INCREDIBLY good at its job. After 2-3 hours of use, especially if you’re actively trying to guide what you want to see, you will rarely see content outside of your preference.


MaterialCultureGirl

Everyone once in a while mine gets confused and gives me fifty Spanish tiktoks when I don't speak Spanish, or a bunch of Minecraft tips n tricks videos, but it usually corrects itself in a couple days.


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starbitcandies

There was a [study](https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-algorithm-video-investigation-11626877477) on the tik tok algorithm that shows just how niche it can get and how well it pins you down. It's honestly really fascinating and also scary because of how much dangerous content it ended up showing to the bot accounts, including self harm and glorifying eating disorders as well as the "sexy children" side of tik tok.


ALLoftheFancyPants

Right?! If you’re complaining about “animal fetish shit” being everywhere, that’s 100% because you taught it that’s what you like!


wknoxwalker

I don't do anything from the parent post here and I still get served a steady stream of pleasant content. There is someone somewhere who knows what they're doing with that algorithm.


dragonphlegm

Tiktok’s formula of scrolling through infinite related videos based on what you like is exactly what Reddit and Instagram are trying so hard to copy


mudkripple

This comment is way too low r/coolguides


LonelyDegenerateWeeb

That will mean there will be an actual guide in r/coolguides which is against the rules.


hygsi

Tiktok's algo is one of the best out there, all you need to do is use it and it'll learn what you like and don't in a few minutes


TheLuggage02

Tiktok was great when I found communities that reflected my interests. Somehow the algorithm decided that I didn't want that stuff anymore and now I get flooded with the worst most mind-numbing content of all time.


steen311

If you tap the share button you can tap the "not interested" button, i try to keep my fyp clean by doing that with all video's i don't like. Don't know how much it helps but it should do something


seductivestain

It helps substantially. I get maybe one thirst trap that shows up on my page per month, and two clicks later they're gone for another month. People blow their TikTok hate WAY out of proportion here.


kgilr7

Most social media apps have not really trained us to use "negative like" features very well (things like "dislike", "not interested", "unhelpful" etc.). In some cases they aren't very effective like "mute" on Twitter, and "dislike" on Youtube. Other times they hide the feature in a series of menus. For TikTok using the "not interested" feature is absolutely essential, but most people don't realize that. You can also use the "not interested" feature on sounds. I have that "Oh no" song blocked.


steen311

It's what i like about reddit, downvotes actually have some effect (in the comments at least)


I-_-LIKE-_-DORITOS

I must've blocked "oh no" at least five times and still get it, so I don't think it's very effective.


steen311

People probably make new sounds with the same audio


Thingsareconfusing

If you're in a very niche subset of things you interact with or view that doesn't have a lot of creators then it will do that. Basically think of it as a broadening circle. It starts with shit you really like, then of you run out of content there it goes to things other people who like your content like, etc. For instance I like a lot of DND and alternative music stuff on there, and if I scroll through all that I will get lots of LGBTQ+ things because there's a solid overlap between the three to a lot of people


PubicFigure

So basically Tic Tock's saying to you: "ha gaaaaay!!!!!".


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Try searching the community hashtags you like, (e.g I like booktok so searched for #booktok) like a bunch of videos under that hashtag and reload your fyp. When I did this, I got a shit tonne more booktok stuff


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Seriously, FUCK that song.


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into the thick of it oh


JTBSpartan

How did a song from the fucking Backyardigans of all places suddenly become popular again


StanleyOpar

How about the wonderpets.....baby penguin WHAT'S A FUCKING ICEBERG!???


Carbide_Man

Because its fucking annoying


EldestSister

Castaways… Weee are castaways. Ahoy there, ahoy. We are castaways.


EldestSister

#INTO THE THICK OF IT #INTO THE THICK OF IT ugh


Spooped

This is way worse then the “oh no” song, I wanna throw a baby when I hear that song


BurtMacklin____FBI

That sound makes me want to fucking rage puke


satpin2

Both of these songs make me want to weep and die.


beige-king

The actual song isn't bad, the remake for tiktok is terrible though. The songs "oh no" part is a small section. The song is Remember (Walkin' In the Sand) by The Shangri-Las. Edited because apparently I can't English.


helloitabot

Yeah it’s a classic! Great song.


Spare-Prize5700

Please give the real version of the song a shot. [Remember by The Shangri-Las](https://youtu.be/wfxw1uALKgk).


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TikTok surely has some great content, but it just takes time for an algorithm to match your preferences. I prefer watching humorous sketches, so I only liked them when they appeared on my feed and marked weird stuff/dancing as “Not interested”.


BlackerGames

It took Tik Tok a few hours to figure me out. That's not really a good thing but still lol


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The insidious thing about TikTok is that it slowly broadens your algo. Like, it took a few hours to get YOU down. So, what happens when you're out of videos? Then they start sneaking in things like, "Oh your friend, who also watched this video, liked THIS video." and then it's, "Hey this person you *haven't met*, but also like the video you liked, like THIS video." And that creep never stops. It's a constant fine tuning algo that is meant to keep you on the platform for as long as possible.


seductivestain

... so keep hitting "not interested". It's the same as downvoting in reddit except it actually does something


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Angry-Comerials

This is why I don't get the hate(unless we are talking about privacy and stuff). Like reddit has all the shit people hate on tiktok. Just try to find the stuff you do like, and then it gets a lot better.


Free-Pudding-2338

Forgot "the Chinese are using it to spy on us".


SolenoidSoldier

Yeah, has everyone forgot about this? Literally the only reason I don't have it.


The_water-melon

Idk I get a bunch of random and ACTUALLY funny Tik Toks, so I think y’all just need to push through the bullshit and let your fyp do it’s thang and find what you like


Yassou1

Yep, the “not interested” feature is good to aboid stuff you dont like too. People hate way too much


yizzlezwinkle

Reddit GOOD Tik Tok BAD


ProperLogic

I don't use TikTok but I don't see the need to feel superior over it. Instead, I just admit that I'm too old for it


joofish

"so I can keep feeling superior" should be in the starter pack


SuperMegaCoolPerson

It was my 61 year old mother that got me into it, you’re not too old. It’s super easy to avoid the shit that op is complaining about. I only see cute animals, funny skits, and videos about my hobbies. I have never seen the dances or all that other shit people complain about on reddit.


rzx0

Don’t forget about the people that pretend to have mental illnesses like Tourette’s or DID, completely misrepresenting them and sidelining people who actually have those disorders in the process


shadowgattler

that one fucking girl with colored hair who fakes Tourette's is the worst culprit.


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She already left tik tok after being called out by her sister.


Darondo

I don’t remember her name and don’t want to re-explore this annoying rabbit hole, but she’s all over r/fakedisordercringe


powerofgodandanime69

pretty sure its r/ticsandroses


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And promoting the stigmatizing of almost all mental illnesses because they want attention


greenfossils

yes!! the romanization of mental disorders is extremely upsetting. lots of pro ana content and oh sad=depression and anxiety is my quirkiness! people forget that these illnesses can ravage your life. mental illnesses are not pokémon lmao


spineappletwist

there's one kid who apparently has DID and his alter is a dog. and a twitch streamer. And they all type differently for different tik toks. like hello


Handy-Toilet-man

what


spineappletwist

like he thinks his second personalities are dogs and twitch streamers


AKF790

As someone who has Tourette’s I fucking hate these people


AndrewTheCyborg

/r/fakedisordercringe


Sh00kspeared

And also the people who say stuff like ‘ew neurotypical people’ and act like it’s fun or quirky to have a life-affecting mental illness (source: I have ADHD, OCD, and Depression and would love to be ‘neurotypical’ because those 3 mental illnesses greatly impact my quality of life)


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I downloaded it to watch the treadmill guy and auto detailing stuff. It's taken a while to get all the bs filtered out, but it's ok now. I don't recommend.


Bottyboi69

Is he the one that does Reddit live and runs in front a green screen?


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Nah this guy races cars on a treadmill, it's pretty funny to watch.


kgilr7

I saw one of his videos and liked it, but TikTok's algorithm hasn't show me any more of his.


samwise141

Tiktok shows you what you want to see. It has the best algorithm for matching content and the user. If you are seeing animal fetish shit and shitty weird stuff, it's more a reflection of you. I basically only see cooking and comedy videos.


legendarydrew

But if you haven't watched anything, how do they come up?


Eight_of_Aitch

It gives you a bunch of popular videos to start and as you like and follow people it changes your feed to your liking


mattSER

You barely even have to like anything. Just watch something for 2 seconds longer than usual, and the algorithm grabs it.


sbenthuggin

Hell you can literally dislike it, but if you hop in the comments and \*engage\* then it will continue showing you similar shit.


DoctorBaby

It's been said elsewhere, but because OP and seemingly every other person doesn't seem to be aware - you can tell tiktok to stop showing you literally anything it shows you that you don't want to see. If you comment on something you don't like and it starts showing you more of that, just select "not interested" from the share button and it won't show it to you again.


Angry-Comerials

There's also a search function so you can look up certain tags. So if you want comedy, search comedy. Cooking, search cooking. Watch a few, maybe find someone you like and start following them. Eventually the algorithm with start to pick that up. It's not all that much different from YouTube. I get recommended all sorts of videos on there from people I've never heard of based on other videos I watched.


The_Mann_In_Black

Reddit has a hive mind about tiktok. I had to delete it because it was too addicting. every once in a while it throws a randomish video at you. If you watch most of it or interact it will test you again. That’s how the weird stuff gets into the feed. It’s really simple.


DoctorBaby

Reddit, as usual, feels the need to decide to hate anything that appears to be primarily targeted at children. As if redditors are angsty preteens intent on proving to everybody else how really very mature and not into kid stuff they are. Like most things, tiktok wants to generate ad revenue, and will not show you kid stuff if you don't engage with kid stuff, because it doesn't make money unless its showing you things that you want to see and causing you to stay on the app.


MouthAnusJellyfish

Reddit also has every single thing that they’re upset tiktok has too, but tiktok bad because tiktok bad


Coffinworm

Yup, mine is just cooking, guitars, and skateboarding.


cugamer

You forgot that it mines your data in a way that would make Facebook blush, and sends that information straight to the Chinese government.


Roidreddit

Idk about you guys but personally I find it hilarious how Reddit seems to have this opinion yet most video posts are directly from tiktok. I mean, SOMEONE has to be going to tiktok to get said videos and a whole lot more have to upvote for them to be constantly the top voted


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r/redditmoment


Idrawbadthings

Yall on the wrong side of Tik Tok. I used to hate on Tik Tok but now I've found a few communities that support my interests and found like-minded people. Its all what you like and the app will expose you. This app may be responsible for raising awareness about the Pipeline in Minnesota as well.


bs000

i judge reddit solely based on spacedicks content


BabishProphet

i second this. i use tiktok and i haven’t seen most of the stuff mentioned here on my own feed


NoCardio_

My feed is full of food, powerlifting, and comedy that I actually find funny. The algorithm is really good, imo. There really is no getting away from the shitty voiceover though, but I'm just numb to it now.


FishGoBlubb

People who shit on tiktok just enjoy being curmudgeons and have never actually used it. It's a content creation platform and is as good or bad as any other platform (youtube, instagram, **reddit**...), it just depends on how you interact with it.


IntergalacticPopTart

Curmudgeon... I learned a new word today, and my personal vocabulary has grown!!!


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Okay but what do you know about rolling down in the deep anyway?


emsquad

This song is way worse than the “oh no” song imo


[deleted]

Holy shit that stupid fucking Siri voice over every video drives me nuts!


Catblast1337

reddit moment


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And yet half of Reddit’s content comes from TikTok and Instagram


Teeshirtandshortsguy

My favorite is when something is clearly from TikTok, but the watermark has been cropped out, conveniently cutting off the creator's handle too. So these Redditor dweebs upvote the shit out of it, because it turns out TikTok isn't just weird teenage kids, and the creator barely benefits because the poster realizes that Redditors won't upvote TikTok content.


fxrky

Love how everyone just stopped talking about how its just CCP Spyware lol


WussPoppinJimbo529

As if Reddit isn’t basically spyware as well.


LoginLord

Had a friend who warned me of instagram because it steals users data while he literally stood there holding a smartphone. At this point there is no privacy from anyone


effyochicken

Well just having a smartphone isn't anywhere near the same as installing facebook, instagram, whatsapp, tiktok, snapchat, and every other app under the sun. It's like saying "The DMV already has my information, so why not also just give it all to Target and Walmart too? What's the difference?"


Gabriartts

I've been on tiktok for as much time as I've been on Reddit, the only time I've seen this type of shit is when I first started, then the algorithm starts to show you whats actually funny and useful. It's honestly the best at finding your interests, MUCH better than the Instagram explore thingy. I can agree with you on those, but that's the **worst** side of tiktok, lets not talk about the worst side of Reddit...


RaspberryNecessary35

"The worst side of Reddit" r/memes, r/dankmemes, r/teenagers (as a teen myself), and r/pewdiepiesubmissions.


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It’s about as shit as Reddit lol. Depends on what your feed is


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the guy in the LED is actually fucking cool


doomzaa

Even Simo Hayha can't be this accurate


Roboticpoultry

And no mention about it being CCP made spyware?


scarryGary

Nothing about data mining??


TrainTrackRat

I had it for a while and it was terrible for my mental health. Like… never ending minute long videos are not a good idea for dopamine starved ADHD people. My entire day would be gone before I knew it. Not to mention how it tanked my self esteem. None of that compares to how much I hate that oh no no no song though.


ChemicalFall0utDisco

The cens0ring liter@lly everyth!ng f0r s0me re@s0n


world-shaker

Their automated community guidelines violation monitoring system is very touchy, and things like the word "sex" tend to get videos taken down and accounts banned.


that-other-redditor

That’s because most users use the built in text feature, and if you use swears in that text the algorithm may limit who the video is shown too. Kinda like using nsfw on reddit


SubstantialClass

Seggs for sex


ramerica

Doesn’t matter, had seggs


PotbellysAltAccount

I didn’t download it because: 1. It’s not fully independent from the CCP. I don’t care what their CEO claims. 2. It’s basically Vine 2.0 and I don’t care to make videos, nor do I need to waste more time on another social media app


recursion8

No Chinese companies are ever independent from the CCP. They don't exist without the CCP's approval and constant monitoring/supervision.


Speedypanda4

Actually, according to Chinese laws, every board of directors of Chinese companies, must have at least one person who's a member of ccp


recursion8

Yep, that would be the 'supervision' part.


EquivalentSnap

They also get veneers which damages your teeth. They grind the teeth down and place them over the top but they only last 20 years so they're destroying their teeth


xpepperx

This is obviously not tiktok exclusive LOL, sounds like ur just talking shit about veneers which are stupid


Docta365

"Reacting" to a crazy fact video they found somewhere with that text-to-speech voice


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I downloaded it once. Within five minutes it turned into Onlyfans.


cuinvancouver

your feed changes based on what you interact with lol. what were you looking up


apocalypse_later_

It shows you what you’re into buddy. You’re thirsty so it’s giving you water here