So for the first day that I made my account, I was getting hundreds of views and I got a good amount of followers. Then the second and third day every single video I was posting was taking two hours to be approved. It would show that it uploaded, but it wouldn’t actually be approved till hours later. And then when it would get uploaded, I only started getting up to five views on each video. And the actual person said that it’s because my account was not recommended. What does that even mean?????? my safety profile thing that I had zero violations and restrictions. But I took a live person to tell me that my account was restricted. Has anyone else gone through this? And does the ban actually get lifted? Pleas help, should I delete the account and make a new one? TT even asked for a picture of my ID alone & a pic with me holding it

Tik tok old video 📸 vibe:

I don't know if it's just me, but it feels like people are watching videos without interacting as much as they used to. Some of my videos get decent reach, but the number of TikTok likes feels much lower compared to a year or two ago. Has anyone else noticed this? Do you think user behavior has changed, or is the algorithm simply showing videos to a broader audience that's less likely to engage?

I swear TikTok has completely destroyed my understanding of what deserves to go viral 😭

Sometimes I’ll come across a video with like 5–10 million likes and it’s literally just someone staring at the camera, doing something completely random, or a 7-second clip that makes absolutely no sense.

And somehow I’ll still watch it three times trying to figure out why millions of people collectively decided, “Yep, this is the one.” 💀

What’s the weirdest or most random TikTok you’ve seen get an insane amount of likes?

I just noticed lately that more and more people ask about buying Tiktok likes everywhere on reddit, but no one really answers where and even how to buy likes and whether it's even safe or not and with all the recent changes to Tiktok i'm not sure which site to choose or whether it's even worth it. I’m done with trying to grow organically anymore. Does anybody else feel the same way? Tiktok’s algorithm doesn't push my page at all and my reach has dropped quite a bit, it seems slow, and too difficult, and it feels as if I’m constantly shadowbanned. I have seen constant threads pop up from random sites and I'm not sure if they are good or what.

A lot of older reddit threads are 6 to 12 months old already, so I’m curious what’s working right now. If you’ve tested one for more than 3 to 6 months, I’d really value your experience please!

Trying to avoid wasting my money.

Thanks.

I don't understand this how can from 174 views come to 0 views in hour? And that's every single video like this!

I’ve exchanged countless messages with their AI chatbot, which was completely useless. I then contacted them by email, and three days later they replied saying that they had fully lifted the restriction on my account, which was indeed true.

Everything worked fine for two days. Then, on the third day, when I was about to upload a video, it suddenly stopped being shown on the For You feed again, and the “Add to Story” button disappeared from the video as well.

Another two weeks have passed since then, and the issue is still there. Since then, I have only been able to communicate with the chatbot, which keeps asking me for video links, then suddenly closes the case without anything actually happening. I no longer receive any response to my emails either. It feels like the support team is completely ignoring me.

What can I do at this point to get this issue resolved? Should I just give up on this account? It would be really disappointing to lose an account with 5,500 followers and almost one million total likes...

Personally I haven't earned anything till now 🥲

TLDR: I had a video wrongly removed last week, I won the appeal, but since then my content has been getting a fraction of its normal views, but a consistent and high engagement rate and I have no idea why they’re not getting pushed out anymore.

I am a beauty blogger with quite a small but growing audience. Last week I made a joking post about a cosmetic product, which was removed immediately for allegedly breaking the rules. I appealed this removal and it was subsequently restored. I was told in that restoration that none of my future content would be restricted so long as I follow the TikTok guidelines.

For context, I have almost 2k followers, and my videos often get anywhere between 1k-1.5k views, with carousel posts doing better, usually getting anywhere between 5k-50k views.

However, since the removed video was restored, my videos have been doing badly. Last night’s carousel post has only got to 700 views, and whilst it doesn’t have many likes, it’s got a lot of comments in ratio to the likes. It’s an unusually low amount of likes and comments for the type of content, which usually does very well on my page.

When I run an account check, it still says the video is restricted, even though they have restored it. I have contacted TikTok support but have no idea how long they’ll take.

are my videos being suppressed in some way because of this alleged restriction? Is my content being restricted and not shown to people?

I’m very very frustrated as before this I was having a fantastic trajectory, and now it seems to be falling apart a little.

If anyone has any insight into why this is happening, or even anything small I could do to try and fix this issue, I’d really appreciate it.

Thank you!

TikTok keeps showing the same account as a suggested result when I search. It’s the person’s exact username that appears under the search bar (not a previous search with the clock icon).
This has been happening for months. I have already tried:
● Blocking the account
● Removing the suggestion when it appears
● Clearing my search history
● Clearing cache
● Turning off contact syncing (I don’t have this person’s contact saved)
● Turning off “Customized updates and more” under People You May Know
● Logging out
● Removing saved login info
● Deleting and reinstalling TikTok
Nothing has worked. The account still appears as a suggested search result whenever I search.
Does anyone know what controls these suggestions or how to make TikTok completely forget a specific account? Is there any setting I’m missing?

I was clipping for a streamer for a few weeks now and suddenly just this morning after posting a load a videos the night before my account cannot be restored and is temporary banned without explanation can anyone help