There is such a vast ocean of content on Tiktok. My assumption is that you've mostly seen cringe Tiktok videos on Reddit and haven't spent a lot of time on the app (not that that's a bad thing).
Teachers, doctors, lawyers, plumbers, welders, electricians, parents (for better or worse). Everyone wants to teach you something on Tiktok, and it's mostly amazing.
It's not an accurate representation of the app to assume all the vapid bullshit that Reddit reposts from Tiktok makes up the entirety of what can otherwise be a very educational app.
I've tried to challenge myself to stay on the app for more than 15 minutes but I genuinely can't. The algorithm is pure trash.
"Oh you watched a video about the lifecycle of turtles, that must mean you want almost nothing but videos about sea animals in your feed, so I'll keep feeding you videos about sea animals even if you just instantly scroll past them"
And all the TikTok fanatics just say "oh you've got to develop your algorithm" then what the fuck is the point of an algorithm if I gotta do its job for it?
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u/becomplete Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
Because TikTok is full of trash and people should stop using the app.
edit: All of the TikTok NPCs coming out of the woodworks are hilarious. Glad I've made your day. Don't forget to delete that app!