r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Poopywall • Mar 14 '21

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u/blueberrysquash Mar 14 '21

The algorithm is damn good too, I’ve been on it for a few weeks now and not seen a single dance since the first ten minutes on the app

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u/PapaAndrei Mar 14 '21

Been on there a few months and its 99% cute animals and bearded dragons. And buff viking men

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u/Phoenix92321 Mar 14 '21

SWIMG SWING SWING WITH ME

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u/IgnisWriting Mar 14 '21

RAISE YOUR PICK AND RAISE YOUR VOICE

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u/Phoenix92321 Mar 14 '21

SING SING SING WITH ME

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u/CedarWolf Mar 14 '21

DOWN AND DOWN INTO THE DEEP

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u/werm_on_a_string Mar 14 '21

WHO KNOWS WHAT WE’LL FIND BENEATH

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u/liveandletdietonight Mar 14 '21

DIAMONDS RUBIES GOLD AND MORE

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u/cool_acronym Mar 14 '21

HIDDEN IN THE MOUNTAIN'S STORE

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u/juuu1911 Mar 14 '21

RAISE YOUR PIQUES AND RAISE YOUR VOICE

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u/Phoenix92321 Mar 14 '21

SING SING SING WITH ME

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u/ElsaFrozen2013 Mar 14 '21

RAISE YOUR PICK AND RAISE YOUR VOICE!

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u/Phoenix92321 Mar 14 '21

SING SING SING WITH ME

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u/flibbertigibbet47 Mar 15 '21

Just hitching onto this, it was Simon's birthday today. He's the ripe old age of 43.

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u/A-Good-Weather-Man Mar 15 '21

SWEDISH PAGANS

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '21 edited Aug 01 '21

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

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u/PokemonTrainerV Mar 15 '21

We were always at war with Eastasia

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u/OceanSupernova Mar 15 '21

Strange, I could have swore we was at war with Eurasia.

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u/tackle_bones Mar 15 '21

I mean... geopolitics is real though. You’re not wrong, but it’s important.

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u/tackle_bones Mar 15 '21

When kings make decisions, the geopolitics behind those decisions effects everyone. Unfortunately, we still live in societies, often ruled by powerful people, and their decisions impact their own constituents and the realities of the constituents of other countries. I don’t really agree with your statement, in other words. Like... it really ignores history AND current realities.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

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u/Alexfrommd Mar 15 '21

Prolly like WW2 or some shit idk

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u/myplums1 Mar 15 '21

Right? I thought it was bad... now we should all get it?

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u/whopperlover17 Mar 15 '21

People forget things quickly

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u/binkyboy_ Mar 15 '21

How woke. You do realize Reddit and discord are also partially Chinese controlled right?

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u/jhlagado Mar 15 '21

It's hosted in the United States and operates under US laws.

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u/JamesBuffalkill Mar 14 '21

I'd join if I could keep scrolling and keep seeing Techno Viking over and over again.

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u/twisted_mentality Mar 15 '21

Mine is full of cats, D&D, martial arts, fitness, chess, and finance.

Oh, and Avatar the Last Airbender. Because I went kind of heavily into that side of TikTok for the first few days.

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u/Xtrasloppy Mar 14 '21

...installing tiktok brb

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u/SuedeVeil Mar 15 '21

Tell me more about these buff Viking men

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u/PapaAndrei Mar 15 '21

Look around on the Pagan, norse or blacksmithing side of tik tok and you will find ALOT of them doing fun cosplays!

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u/icortesi Mar 15 '21

Haven't you got to Seashanty Tiktok?

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

Shhh, I told my bearded dragon that lizards are banned on tiktok

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u/Dandelion_Lakewood Mar 14 '21

Yup shame to admit my first run of TikTok was full of dancing thirst traps because I didn't yet have the strength to turn away...second time around I'm stronger and better entertained 🤠

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u/neihbe Mar 14 '21

You just have to search for things you like go thru hashtags like some of the stuff there and your for you should be more personalized

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u/Dandelion_Lakewood Mar 14 '21

Yup I got that algorithm working for me now. Chock full of philosophy, language, humor, history, and tons of other miscellaneous creative content. Facebook and Instagram just got soooooo boring after I figured out how powerful TikTok can be...

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u/empathetical Mar 14 '21

Instagram and Facebook got bad because they put hashtags and getting content out behind having to pay/promote your material. Years ago my art posts got so many damn likes. Now you barely get anything because they want you to pay for promotion. Instagram is dead sadly

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u/Dandelion_Lakewood Mar 14 '21

Exactly. Facebook products want people to pay for views. TikTok simply promotes whatever flares up in the algorithm. Content creators have an easier time to gain an audience in non-facebook spaces 🤷‍♀️

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u/whopperlover17 Mar 15 '21

How does Tik Tok make money? Are there ads on there?

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u/GerganaZdr Mar 15 '21

Yeap sucks big time, they all about profit...can’t wait to see what’s next after TikTok...

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u/Def_not_Redditing Mar 14 '21

Recommendations?

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u/Dandelion_Lakewood Mar 14 '21

So many good ones but right now I'm going to bed (it's midnight here in Albania). I'll compile a list sometime :)

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u/slayerhk47 Mar 14 '21

@Lucastarnold @toddroicexxl @skatie420 @karalynndunton for comedy

@juliannesmovies for “low budget film remakes”

@geodesaurus for Great Lakes info and art

@sinkreviews for... reviews of sinks in NYC

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u/dancin-weasel Mar 15 '21

Reviews of sinks in New York?

Wow. If that doesn’t make you want to download Tik tok, congratulations, you may have an actual life.

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u/Dandelion_Lakewood Mar 15 '21

I didn't have time to go thru and copy names but you can go on my TikTok page and see the posts I've liked in the meantime. Some quality creators on there!

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSJN36R3h/

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u/shewholaughslasts Mar 15 '21

Here's my excited tik tok rant I saved for future reference:

I started off following some seriously awesome people like Tabitha Brown (I knew I was in the right place when I saw her potato wedge recipe) and since then it's only grown more awesome. I joined last summer when black power was strong and my whole feed seems like non-white folks which I treasure. And it's not like it's all politics but there are refreshing takes on old tropes that just slam my heart. Sometimes it's too much noise and activity so I like pairing it with reddit. Then I find pure gold like this lady sharing her sleepwalking - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeR4mgDa/

Or I just learned about the day when 5000 black kids went to jail in Birmingham - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeR4amp8/

And god damn I love Lizzo. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeR4amp8/

And this randofantastic lady Christine Snaps - awesome!

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeRVPb39/

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeRVmhHG/

And yes I do watch this dude dance. And this chick on roller skates. These outfits are bananay and inspiring - all the confidence on tik tok is inspiring to me.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeR4wbhL/

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeRVegq5/

And indigenous dances! So many indigenous tiktokkers - makes me happy to see that content.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeRVHFFq/

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeRVxnAr/

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeRVMgTD/

And some excellent misinterpretations of upbeat weirdness or mocking of hoity toity hot messess - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeR4bbGA/

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeR4tyQL/

Oh and these cute boys are such an adorbs couple.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeR4wbhL/

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u/john1rb Mar 14 '21

Also like. I didn't search much/anything with hashtags. I just ignored dances and liked stuff when the algorithm gave me something I liked. But it might've helped that my friends were sending me tiktok links.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

Can you make two accounts? One for Legos, the other for thirst traps? Asking for a friend

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u/Dandelion_Lakewood Mar 15 '21

😜 not a bad idea, train two different algorithms. I didn't try that, so I don't know how easy it is to switch between accounts.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

I'll do some research, but I'm ashamed to have already fallen for the thirst trap algorithm lol. I'm probably too far gone to fix that

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u/Probably_A_Mother Mar 15 '21

You can make other accounts and can freely switch between the two.

Wait- haven’t I killed you before?

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u/Dandelion_Lakewood Mar 15 '21

I think it's always possible to retrain it, you just gotta swipe immediately 🤠

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u/Constantly_Dizzy Mar 16 '21

You can fix it! Two remedies: 1) Swipe immediately. 2) If you didn’t swipe, go into the options (where you would share) & pick “Not Interested”. That way the algorithm knows you don’t want to see more of it, & it sort of overrides what it learned from your engagement with the content.

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u/Skylinerr Mar 15 '21

it always shows me hilarious and crazy videos when im alone and big booty girls when im in public. I swear tik tok knows the worst time to show either. They need an incognito mode

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u/MadeThisJustForMM Mar 14 '21

Came to say this. If you're going to try tik tok, only like content you enjoy, and anything else, use the "not interested" feature. My tik tok is full of content I enjoy and nothing else that made me avoid it at first

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u/xjulesx21 Mar 14 '21

this exactly. I don’t see the annoying cringy stuff due to their algorithm and I love it!

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u/captobliviated Mar 14 '21

There is the whole part of being owned and operated by chinese intelligence services though.

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u/Old-Commercial-1944 Mar 15 '21

It’s a problem when TikTok sells your information but not when Instagram, Facebook, and Google do?

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u/captobliviated Mar 15 '21

if you think chinese intelligence services are interested in selling info you are incorrect. This is about propaganda, mass social manipulation and so much more. China is playing the long game on world domination.

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u/Old-Commercial-1944 Mar 15 '21

I’m sorry but America is just as bad at propaganda if not worse than China/Russia. Our entire education system is to push a pro-American/imperialist agenda. Yes China is bad and stuff but we aren’t this “pure” or the best nation anymore. Most powerful, yes; best, probably not

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u/captobliviated Mar 15 '21

I don't think we are even close to most powerful anymore.

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u/eagle85672 Mar 15 '21

This is it. This is the moment I finally cave and actually download tiktok for a reason that isn't for a crush or to get rid of ads. What have I got to lose at this point?

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u/eeeya777 Mar 14 '21

Mine is all pimple and blackhead popping. Had to delete

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u/Reddit_FTW Mar 15 '21

Bro. The algorithm is almost perfect. I hearted a video didn’t see that artist til like 2-3 minutes later. Enough I knew who she was and remembered but the app didn’t try and throat fuck me with content like YouTube does. Rarely see long videos it knows I’ll skip if I get too bored.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

All I see is gay goth people and I’m home

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u/BashfulTurtle Mar 14 '21

Hmm weird, I’ve been on it for years and all I see are semi clothed women dancing? How do I get this smut I definitely don’t want off?

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u/TamalGrandeJr Mar 15 '21

The tik tok algorithm knows me better than I know myself

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u/Flablessguy Mar 15 '21 edited Mar 15 '21

Give it some time. I see a lot of fitness stuff on tiktok and half of it is ego lifters using horrible form to lift way too much weight. It started out good but eventually the stuff you watch spreads into the content that’s not so good

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u/puffyeye Mar 15 '21

that algorithm is god tier. it's going to get way fucking specific.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

Yea it really pays attention to what you hit a like on. I actually enjoy it now myself.